Reading Hacks!

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Do you ever start reading a text and then find yourself reading the same sentence again and again? Or do you get to the end of the page and find that you have no idea what you read but you have been wondering what you’re going to have for dinner? Maybe you think, I’ll...

Easy Calendaring!

by | | Academic Coaching, ADHD, Executive Functioning

Calendaring is definitely important that beyond using google classroom students are using a calendar-type system to track assignments. This gets many groans, of course. The reason that this is so important is that while google classroom tracks when assignments are...

Happy New Year!

by | | Academic Coaching, ADHD, Executive Functioning

Happy New Year! I hope that you all had a lovely break and had some time to rest. I certainly did! And oo begins the New Year and with that resolutions to become the best student, teacher, parent, child, brother, sister one can be.  I have been wanting to write on the...

Are you a perfectionist?

by | | ADHD, Executive Functioning

Do you put a lot of effort into your assignments, but then wonder why you get so little done? You are probably hyperfocusing. I was working with a student the other day who told me, “I sit down to do work at 10:00am and then by midnight I’ve only completed 20 or 30%...

A Common Piece of Studying That Students Often Miss

by | | ADHD, Executive Functioning

“So, how are you going to study for this test?”“I’m going to look it over.”“So, how are you going to study for this test?”“I’m going to look it over.”This is usually the beginning conversation I have with students when asking them about studying. Eventually, and with...