LDE 56: Executive Function, Procrastination, and Strategies - Natalie Borrell and Alison Grant

"The students we’ve worked with are bright and as teens they look pretty grown-up. So it’s really easy for their challenges with organization or getting work in on time to be misunderstood." - Jill Stowell

 

Executive Functioning skills are our mental control skills help us to focus attention, plan, organize, follow through, and manage our behavior.

 

These real life skills are not taught in school but are expected and are key to success.

 

In this episode we're talking to Natalie Borrell and Alison Grant, Academic Life Coaches at Life Success for Teens. Learn about:

• Executive Function challenges in teens
• How a teen's Executive Function challenges affect self-esteem, behavior, and their parents
• Procrastination: what's going on + strategies to help
• Advice for parents and teens with ADHD

 

GUESTS

Natalie Borrell and Alison Grant, Founder and Coach of Life Success For Teens

• Website: Life Success for Teens
• Life Success for Teens on Facebook
• Life Success for Teens on Instagram

RESOURCES

• Episode Resources and Transcript
• "7 Ways to Stop Procrastinating" - Free Download from Natalie Borrell
• Executive Function Information Page
• Stowell Learning Center's Learning Skills Continuum
• Take the Stone Out of the Shoe - Chapter 11: Executive Function and Organization
• At Wit's End - Chapter 19: Executive Function (and the teenage brain)