Executive Function Coaching

Executive functions (EFs) are a set of higher-order thinking skills. In short, they are life skills. They fall under a big umbrella, and provide the foundation for planning and initiating a task, regulating big emotions, problem-solving when a plan doesn’t work out, impulse control, and holding information in short-term memory.

Challenges with EF skills can show up anywhere from difficulty getting ready for school or bedtime, paying attention in class or at home, getting homework finished and turned in, navigating long-term projects, controlling big emotions, or problem-solving conflicts with family or peers. 

If you feel like you are constantly repeating directions or saying your child’s name over and over and over again, this could be attributed to difficulties with executive functions.

I work with you and/or your child to improve these skills within your routines and environements:

Examples of tasks that rely heavily on executive functions skill:

✺ Getting ready for school, work, or bed

✺ Regulating emotions

✺ Transitioning between activities

✺ Managing a hectic schedule

✺ Independent play

✺ Completing schoolwork

Speech and Language Therapy

Speech therapy with a dose of mindfulness. I create individual goals and strategies with consideration of each individual’s history, preferences, and temperament. I address:

✺ Executive function skills

✺ Pragmatic language

✺ Receptive and Expressive Language

✺ Reading and Writing

✺ Articulation and Phonology

✺ Feeding and swallowing

Mindfulness + Play

Employing art, music, and movement as my co-therapists, I help build awareness of thoughts and feelings to cultivate self-esteem, regulation, and resilience.

All sessions are hyper-individualized. Here are some examples of past activities:

✺ Creating a self-regulation toolbox

✺ Mindful movement, i.e., yoga and dancing

✺ Art projects

✺ Playlist-making

✺ Child-led free play

✺ Scavenger hunts