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Executive Skills Training 

What are executive skills?

Executive skills (AKA executive functioning skills) are cognitive processes that we all need for setting and achieving goals. These skills help us to plan long-term objectives, to organize, to prioritize, to make decisions, to initiate tasks, to maintain focus, to tolerate stress, and to regulate emotions.
 

What Our Clients Struggle With 

  • Procrastination is often used to avoid difficult or overwhelming tasks, which can lead to stress

  • Remembering course content for tests and exams 

  • Time management is challenging as coursework, jobs, chores, self-care, and social/family obligations compete for students' time and energy

  • May lack tools for self regulation and self starting

  • Prioritizing when dealing with multiple classes and personal tasks 

How We Help

  • Develop strategies to manage procrastination and stress, including planning manageable steps for tasks to encourage initiation and completion

  • Understand interpersonal dynamics in learning environments, coaching them on self-advocacy and negotiation with peers and instructors

  • Teach skills for working in groups and talking to instructors effectively so they hear and listen

  • Estimate the time and effort needed for tasks and assist in reviewing and updating timelines to improve time management

We clarify instructions while also teaching you how to clarify these for yourself.

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