Here at Executive Functions Coach, our blogs aim to spread awareness and education about executive function skills. When it comes to executive function skills, not many people are aware they’re at work in almost every task in life. From school to work to daily life, our executive function skills help us to stay on task when setting and reaching our goals. So whether you’re an adult, parent, or student reading this, we hope our blogs will be helpful in improving your executive function skills.
Though we do emphasize executive functioning, we also encompass other subjects. Other topics include: subject tutoring, college counseling, and test preparation. We have a mission to help students in all areas and aren’t just tutors but coaches for life. EFC believes executive function skills can be applied in all areas of life from academics to anything that follows a student into their future. For instance, learning the executive functioning strategy of time management will help a student when filling in their college application on time. Additionally, this skill can help them into adolescence when they need to schedule and be on time for appointments. We hope these blogs we can teach you how to navigate not only your life as a scholar but as an adult in the real world.
No matter your emotional or academic struggle, whether in school or daily life, EFC has academic support for you. We can teach you the tools for organization, time management, and goal setting. EFC aims to help you grow your executive function skills along with offering academic support strategies. These are skills that can be applied even after graduating and into your working or everyday life. Executive function skills are truly skills for life. Get started on improving your executive function skills and getting the academic support you need today.
Why Are Executive Functions Important? When it comes to the question “why are executive functions important?” I think Harvard summarizes it the best. “A new evidence base has identified a set of skills that are essential for school achievement, for the preparation and adaptability of our future workforce, and for avoiding a wide range of…
What Does a Career Counselor for Executive Functions Do? How Do I Know I Need a Career Counselor? When considering if you need a career counselor, it’d be impossible to list out every possible reason people knew they needed one. However, executive functions are a key place to start. Executive functioning challenges can make it…
Executive Functions ADHD: What You Need to Know Executive Functions ADHD: How to Tell the Difference? There is often confusion when it comes to executive functions, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), and how they work in the brain. Executive functions and ADHD have many connections in how they affect people and their performance in life.…
Executive Functions in the Brain: What Are They? Executive Functions in the Brain: What Do They Do? Executive functions in the brain are the group of skills that allow us to perform everyday tasks in life. They are responsible for how we stay organized, solve problems, regulate our emotions, and much more. Now you may…
What Are Signs of Poor Executive Functioning? The Biggest Sign of Poor Executive Functioning There can be many clinical symptoms for poor executive functioning. However, out of all the years of working with people that have executive functioning deficits, it comes down to a common feeling: frustration. Sure common signs might include lack of focus,…
How Do Adults Learn Executive Functioning of the Brain? Many times we think that improving executive functioning of the brain is something that only our younger selves had a chance to do. That our brains and habits are pretty much fixed at a point of no return. An executive functioning disorder in adults can really…
What Does an Executive Functioning Coach Do? Put simply, an executive functioning coach helps students and adults find more organization, structure, and motivation in their daily tasks and goals. How do we do that exactly? Well, we focused on exploring which executive functions skills are established and which ones need more work. We provide executive…
How to Self Prepare for SAT How to self prepare for SAT nowadays is a common question that comes up. When you think about SAT test prep, you go through a list of why you are doing it. It boils down to college application requirements and scholarships. Over the past year, we have seen more…
How to Stop Procrastinating Everyone has at some point of their life asked “how to stop procrastinating?” Sometimes we are on top of it and then out of nowhere we lose motivation. There might even be some signs of avoidance behavior. We will do anything to avoid what we have to get done. Call it…
What Should You Look For in a Tutoring Service Selecting a tutoring service can be a very hard process. It is a balance of finding someone professional, but friendly. This individual will be working with your child on subject tutoring, probably a subject they are not very excited to learn. You want to find that…