Executive Function Coaching

Is your learner disorganized? Unmotivated? Frustrated?

Is schoolwork a battle, despite their strengths?

Do they amaze you one moment and baffle you the next?

They may be struggling with executive function skills and you may be struggling with how to help them.

Wouldn’t it be great to hand off some of that stress to someone else? Someone who “gets” your learner, helps them to see and build on their own strengths, and supports them as they cope with challenges?

Enter: The Executive Function Coach

EF Coaches work with middle and high school students to build confidence, foster the development of executive function skills, and attain goals. EF Coaches can also help families navigate challenges and work collaboratively together.

What are executive function skills?

They are the “soft skills” that regulate mental processes and behavior*

• Impulse Control

• Perseverance

• Planning and Prioritizing

• Working Memory

• Emotional Control

• Time Management

• Attention Span

• Task Initiation

• Organization

• Flexibility

• Metacognition - awareness of one’s own thought processes

*From “Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits” by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare 2012

Executive Function Coaches can:

• Assess a learner’s strengths and weaknesses

• Work with the learner to develop a goal (such as building specific habits, improving grades, carrying out a long term project, etc) and a plan to achieve it

• Develop a plan for the learner to track their progress

• Guide the learner through the plan while teaching necessary skills

• Check in frequently with the learner

• Check in as needed with the learner’s caregivers and educators

• Gradually check in less as the learner’s abilities, independence, and confidence grow

If needed, executive function coaches can:

• Help the learner create a launch pad for one or more routines

• Help the learner and caregivers negotiate accommodations and environmental adaptations in the home

• Guide the learner to advocate for themselves with educators

• Provide support and skills training for caregivers

An executive function coach is not a tutor. The support they provide isn’t limited to academic subjects. Improving executive functioning often leads to improving academic performance but it can also build motivation, self-esteem, and daily life skills. What a learner gets from Executive Function Coaching depends on what they put into it. A good rapport between coach and learner is important.

Basic Package:

• $150 Registration Fee

• $150 per week

• Minimum 3 month commitment

Custom Packages available upon request with more or less support as needed. Sign up for a consultation or email info@quirk-ed.com