Sometimes students with executive function issues respond well to visual cues. Use images rather than words. Pictures and colors work great.
Executive Function Success #4: Simplify
Executive function students can benefit when you say things more than once if needed. Be sure to simplify and slow down if there are processing issues.
Executive Function Success #3: Directions
Executive function students can be overwhelmed with multi-step directions. Be specific with directions and in as few words as possible.
PARENTS AGREE: Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME CHANGES LIVES #17
PARENTS AGREE: Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME CHANGES LIVES
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Natick High School Parent
Natick, MA
Executive Function Success #2: “To Do” Lists
Make “To Do” lists. Students with executive function can use these lists to stay on task by focusing on what they have remaining to do and what has already been completed.
Executive Function Success #1: Schedules
Maintaining schedules usually helps students with executive functioning issues. These include separate daily schedules, weekly schedules and monthly schedules.
Homework Help #5
Sometimes students struggle with homework because of learning difficulties, not because they don’t want to do the work. If you suspect this, act at once. Some options include contacting the teacher, calling the special education department and requesting a neuropsychological evaluation, you the parent working with your student at home, or calling a Y3K Tutor In Your Home tutor to catch them up and move them forward.
Homework Help #4
When working on homework, some students do well with music playing in the background. Other students find music a distraction. Experiment to see if music helps or hinders your student.
Homework Help #3
A timer or clock can help students that lose track of time to pace their work and to take breaks at reasonable intervals. Some students will work for 10 minutes and lose track of time thinking they have worked much longer, and expect a break. Also some students will plan on a short break and lose track of time. A 5-minute break becomes a 30-minute break! This is the same psychology used by casinos to get people to gamble. Casinos hope the gamblers will lose track of time by not having any clocks on the walls. Use the timer to plan out how long they should work before taking a break, how long their break will be, and how long until the next break. Keep this process going until all homework is completed.
Homework Help #1
Organize homework supplies and have them in an easy to access location. A shelf, box or cabinet works well.
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