1. Contact Information 970-210-9271 shari.vandervelde@essentialsinlearning.com anna.goetz@essentialsinlearning.com www.essentialsinlearning.com PHS Parents Supporting our Students! Shari and Anna

2. Executive Skills Dawson and Guare, 2012 Time Management Organization Planning and Prioritization Task Initiation Sustained Attention to Task Working Memory Goal-directed Persistence Emotional Control Response Inhibition Flexibility Metacognition

3. Which is your child’s?

5. What if they could learn a few simple strategies/systems to manage their time and materials?

6. Who are these students? Students with ADHD Students who struggle with any of the executive skills Gifted and Talented students Twice exceptional students Students with other disabilities Students challenged by the high school work load

7. Self-Handicapping Attributions If I study hard but fail, I will look and feel incompetent. That is, if I give my best effort and fail, everyone will know that I don't have the ability to do well on this test. If I study hard and pass, the hard work will reduce the glory of my success. People will think I had to work hard in order to succeed. If I were really smart, I wouldn't have to work so hard. If I don't study but fail, I can explain this failure by noting that I haven't even tried. If I haven't tried, then I can have the internal assurance that I could have succeeded if I had really tried. I may fail the test, but at least no one will have evidence that I'm stupid. If I don't study but still manage to succeed, then people will know that I'm a genius. The only explanation for my success would have to be that I have really high ability.

8. What can students gain? Goal-setting Backward Planning Organizational System Self-Confidence Self-Advocacy Reflection Empowerment

9. A sense of CONTROL http://www.debtdiscipline.com/locus-of-control/

10. What do I value?

12. What we can offer Individual coaching/tutoring Executive skills Academics College and workplace goals Family advocacy Workshops for students Workshops/Trainings for parents Small group after school session/class Training for staff Other consultation services

13. Our Qualifications Retired Teachers Experts in serving students with executive skills deficits National Board Certified Masters’ Degrees Certified Teacher Trainers

14. Shari and Anna Contact Information 970-210-9271 shari.vandervelde@essentialsinlearning. com anna.goetz@essentialsinlearning.com www.essentialsinlearning.com Questions and Options