by Dennis | Mar 16, 2018 | Professionalism
One in an occasional series on professionalism: Creating voicemail greetings is becoming an ignored art. Too often, we call a tutor and get, “The user has not set up their voicemail,” or a robot voice will invite you to leave a message for “404-xxx”, a phone number...
by Dennis | Mar 31, 2017 | Student Resistance
Do all students want to be coached? Do all students think they need coaching? Do all students have the same goals for coaching as their parents? The answer to all three questions is, NO. A frustrated parent may apply for a homework coach without the student being...
by Dennis | Mar 31, 2017 | Test Anxiety
All students occasionally experience test-taking anxiety, but research presented in the November/December 2011 issue of the journal Teaching Exceptional Children suggests that children with ADHD and other learning disabilities are more likely to consistently...
by Dennis | Mar 31, 2017 | Cognitive Flexibility, Executive Functioning Skills
An important area of focus for HomeworkCoach this year, in addition to advising you to help your students with homework completion, is to provide teachable methods to help strengthen students’ executive function skills.Executive function skills are defined as: ...
by Dennis | Mar 31, 2017 | Executive Functioning Skills, Planning and Problem Solving
Planning is defined as the process of thinking about and organizing the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Most students diagnosed with ADHD struggle with planning out homework, projects, studying for tests and other activities. With any HomeworkCoach...
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