Are you welcoming home a college freshman this winter break? It’s an exciting time, and also a time for adjustment. For sure there will be adjustments in transitioning your relationship from parent/child to parent/young adult. And depending on how successful or how challenging the first semester of college was…

What comes to mind when you think of Thanksgiving? Is it turkey? Or maybe travel? No matter what you eat or where you go, Thanksgiving brings families together at the table. And that can bring some uncomfortable conversations to the forefront.

It’s hard to believe that we’re over a month into the new school year, isn’t it? By now, you’ve taken quizzes and tests in most if not all of your classes. Are your grades what you hoped they’d be?

            If not, the good news is…

It’s finally here, the start of the new school year. If you’ve been following the advice in our blogs, then hopefully you spent June analyzing what worked and what didn’t over the last school year. In July, you thought about how to choose…

It’s already August! The new school year will begin before you know it. And before you’re too caught up in the executive function challenges that come with learning your new schedule, becoming accustomed to your new teachers, and keeping on top of assignments, it’s worth taking some time right now to set up your homework space.

When it comes to choosing an executive function coach, parents are often at a loss as to how to evaluate the right fit for their child’s needs. After all, executive function coaches are not licensed or regulated. There are no requirements to meet prior to…

And we’re down to the finish line!  Was this school year a success for your child?  If not, do you know what went wrong and have ideas for new strategies?  Hopefully you followed our advice back in our April blog, and worked on a progress check with your child.  But even if…

With the end of the school year almost upon us, plans for summer rise to the forefront.  While summer is a chance to recalibrate and practice organizational and executive function skills for all students, rising seniors are in a unique position.  Rising seniors will need to…

April showers bring…us to the last quarter of the school year?  Okay, that’s not how the saying goes, but that doesn’t make it any less true.  Hopefully this has been a fantastic school year for your child, replete with…

After a cold and snowy February, many of us are already looking forward to the summer.  So, as long as you’re already going there…have you thought about summer executive function and study supports for your student?  While a…

If you’ve seen “Wicked” then you know about pop-u-lar…but is doing the popular thing all it’s cracked up to be when it comes to post-secondary education?  Recent media reports indicate that college applications and admissions are on the rise, and…

Welcome to 2025!  Have you made your New Year’s resolutions?  Believe it or not, we haven’t – and don’t intend to.  Why?  Because years of experience making well-intentioned resolutions which are then forgotten, broken or otherwise unmet hasn’t done us any good.  So let’s switch it up…