by Gretchen | Apr 28, 2020 | Academic Coaching, blog
Effective planning is such a buggaboo — especially for teens whose brains won’t be mastering the art of the executive function until (eep!) age 25 or so. And especially during our distance learning situation, when many students have MANY MORE...
by Gretchen | Apr 21, 2020 | Academic Coaching
I often have forlorn parents complaining to me — “My teenager simply can’t estimate how long an assignment will take. It’s making our family life miserable because homework takes 4 times as long as they think it will.”Ugh. I feel your...
by Gretchen | Apr 7, 2020 | Academic Coaching, blog
Do you have trouble keeping your attention on your homework because of soooooooo many distractions? I was talking about that recently with a student of mine. She’s a junior in high school and has ADHD. Although she’s not terribly concerned about her own...
by Gretchen | Mar 31, 2020 | Academic Coaching, blog
Last week during my webinar “Zoomed Out?!”, I heard y’all loud and clear — we want more short, energizing, physical breaks that we can lead with our students, or ourselves!! Today’s video is my answer to that! Just the other day I had a...
by Gretchen | Feb 3, 2020 | Academic Coaching, blog
I don’t know about you, but I have a *devil* of a time following through on certain hard and unpleasant tasks. Actually… that’s a lie. I DO know about you. Almost everyone I’ve ever talked to — student, parent, teacher, or other human...
by Gretchen | Sep 27, 2019 | Academic Coaching
The perfect planner is so elusive! Gretchen shares some reflections about the criteria that EVERY planner system must meet in order to help students organize their lives… especially if they executive function issues. Specifically she and Megan discuss: Four problems...
