Westchester County, New York
At The Learning Consultants, we have specific tutors who are equipped to help students with executive functioning challenges. The first step is to prioritize which executive functioning skill or skills need addressing. The next step, and one of the main differences in our approach, is that we focus on the meta cognition aspect of EF. We help students “think about their thinking”. Most tutoring facilities simply plug in a strategy without ANY meta cognition consultation and/or reflection with the student. Reflecting on WHAT kind of strategy may work and WHY that strategy DID/DID NOT work is the true key to driving successful behavioral changes.
THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN ACADEMIC TUTORING.
Executive Functioning are the mental skills needed to learn.
Planning/Organization/Prioritizing – The ability to manage current and future-oriented task demands.
Time Management – The ability to impose order on work, estimating the time needed for an activity, being able to allocate time appropriately and to stay within time limits, and to meet deadlines.
Working Memory – The capacity to hold information in mind for the purpose of completing a task.
Inhibition – The ability to stop one’s own behavior at the appropriate time, including stopping actions and thoughts. The flip side of inhibition is impulsivity.
Shift – The ability to move freely from one situation to another and to think flexibly in order to respond appropriately to the situation.
Emotional Control – The ability to modulate emotional responses by bringing rational thought to bear on feelings.
Initiation and Attention – The ability to begin a task or activity and to independently generate ideas, responses, or problem-solving strategies while not getting distracted.
Self-Monitoring – (Meta cognition) The ability to monitor one’s own performance and to measure it against some standard of what is needed or expected.