Student Success Coaching Resources
Here are our top resources for understanding Executive Functioning and its impact on lifelong success from students through adulthood.
Our Top 10 Resources
Online Articles
1. “How Do I Know If My Child Has Executive Function Issues?”
Child Mind Institute– Written by Michael Rosenthal, PhD
Explains what executive functions are and outlines signs of EF problems in kids (e.g., chronic disorganization, forgetting assignments, trouble staying organized at school).
2. “How to Help Kids Develop Executive Functioning Skills”
Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)
Offers practical strategies for parents, such as using checklists and establishing consistent routines, to help strengthen EF skills at home. Plus, a great explanation of Executive Functioning and it’s daily applications.
3. “School Success Kit for Kids With Executive Functioning Issues”
Child Mind Institute– Written by Rae Jacobson, ADHD expert
Provides a toolkit of strategies (e.g., binders, portable hole punch, color-coded calendars) to help students stay organized and manage schoolwork.
4. “Guiding Students to Improve Executive Functioning Skills”
EduTopia– Written by Anne M. Fein
Shows how high school students can learn to manage complex schedules by strengthening flexible thinking, self-regulation, and working memory.
5. “What Are Common Executive Functioning Skills (and How Do They Relate to ADHD?)”
Seattle Christian Counseling
An in-depth cover of EF from a Christian counseling perspective, stressing that these skills can be taught and improved over time.
6. “Executive Functions in Social Context: Implications for Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Supporting Developmental Trajectories”
Annual Review of Developmental Psychology Vol 3, 2021– Article Written by Yuko Munakata and Laura E Michaelson
An academic article that situates EF within social interactions and developmental contexts, offering insights into measurement and support strategies. It directly correlates development of Executive Functioning skills to success in life. (Also has a PDF download available)
7. “Training Executive Functions to Improve Academic Achievement”
Frontiers in Psychology Vol 12, 2021– Article Written by Catherine Gunzenhauser and Matthias Nückles
Academic article on linking EF training to improved school performance and transfer of skills. (Also has a PDF download available)
Podcasts
8. “An Introduction to Executive Function Disorder and Its Assessment”
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Podcast– Ft. Peg Dawson
Peg Dawson explains 11 core EF skills critical for school success and how they develop through childhood and adolescence.
9. “Boost Your Child’s Executive Function with Declarative Language”
The Childhood Collective Podcast
A podcast on using “Declarative Language” versus Imperative Language in the home. Although often focused on younger ages, many of the takeaways can apply to adolescent students as well.
Downloadable articles
10. “Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills”
Harvard Center on the Developing Child
Free guide with age-appropriate games and activities to strengthen EF from infancy through adolescence.
WHEN: June 10 & 12, 12:15–12:45 PM (During Summer Academy Lunch)
WHERE: The Center (Armour Building at Wheaton Academy)
COST: $100 (registration includes both sessions)
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SUMMER WORKSHOP
Build Habits That Power a Great School Year
High school comes with new challenges—more homework, busier schedules, and higher expectations. This two-day summer workshop helps students build the executive functioning skills they need to thrive. From organization and time management to planning and study habits, students will learn strategies to set them up for success before the school year begins.
Led by a Certified Executive Functioning Coach, the workshop includes a strengths-based assessment, hands-on planning tools, and opportunities to practice techniques that build confidence and reduce academic stress.
Register for Student Success Coaching
Executive Functioning skills: Work with a Student Success coach to provide support and guide students to help your child develop into an independent, confident student who has a deep knowledge of themselves as a learner. Working with vocabulary to build on strengths and improve areas of weaknesses. Time management, completing assignments, note taking, stress, anxiety, comprehension, organization, motivation, self-talk and goal setting. Pro-rated prices are available for students who sign up after the semester has started.