by Dennis | Mar 19, 2020 | Working Online
We believe in-person tutoring is best for ADHD students. However, given the coronavirus concerns, online is in many cases the only option. We recommend tutors use the Zoom platform for online tutoring. It is free for one-on-one tutoring and allows you to view your...
by Dennis | Mar 9, 2020 | Professionalism
July 2021 Update: We’d love to say that we could take this page down, because we really want to resume our in-home service as usual. But the coronavirus delta variant continues to spread and mask mandates are reappearing in some parts of the country. So the...
by Dennis | Apr 7, 2019 | Professionalism
HomeworkCoach has identified a few practical guidelines which enable coaches to establish caring relationships with their students while ensuring both the safety of minors and protecting you, our contractor, from allegations. Tutors must be aware of their own...
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...
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...
by Dennis | Feb 18, 2017 | Professionalism
One of our favorite coaches, Kyla King, sent us this report regarding one of her clients. We hope you’ll get some ideas that will help you with your students: Anna and I have worked together since November of 2015. In that time, we have been able to work on her...
by Dennis | Mar 26, 2016 | Executive Functioning Skills, Planning and Problem Solving
Written for us by our coach Megan Moody Planning is an Executive Functioning skill required to think about and organize the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Most students diagnosed with ADHD struggle with planning homework, projects, studying for tests...
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