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What Is Executive Functioning Coaching? Here's Everything You Need to Know Also known as cognitive control, executive functioning (EF) refers to the mental behaviors responsible for initiating tasks, getting things done, and achieving goals. These involve cognitive inhibition, cognitive flexibility, working memory, inhibitory control, and attention...

8 Self-Care for Students Tips You Can Do Today Today's teenagers and young adults are more agitated and feel more isolated than ever before—at least in the United States. According to a 2019 study, up to 70 percent of teenagers aged 13 to 17 cite anxiety...

Why It’s Important to Teach Emotional Regulation for Kids     Emotional regulation refers to your ability to manage your emotional responses. We may not always be able to control what life throws at us, but we can learn to control how we respond to it. Someone who...

11 Homework Tips for Kids with ADHD   Homework, homework… Does anyone actually enjoy doing homework? Simply getting the assignment written down and the relevant books in the backpack to take home can be a huge struggle for a young student with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder or ADHD....

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] What Are the Four Types of Attentional Focus? It is an established fact that the brain is a complex organ. As fascinating as it sounds, there are parts of it that we are yet to understand. What we do...

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