Category: Organization
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Executive Function & Transitioning to College: Tips for Parents
Parents of students entering their first year of college often experience a range of emotions; excitement, pride, and anxiety are all normal things to feel as your child enters a […]
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Spring Cleaning: Boosting EF at Home
Spring is here, and that means it’s time for spring cleaning! By involving your child in the spring cleaning process, you can help them practice executive function strategies at home. Here […]
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EF at Home: Organizing Spaces
Do you feel overwhelmed and less productive when your space is messy? When finding lost items, clearing paths of clothing, and trying to remember where you put your car keys […]
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Quick Tip: SMARTS Elementary Workbook
Are you a SMARTS Elementary user? Are you looking for a way to keep track of your students’ work? Look no further than the SMARTS Elementary Workbook! Designed for students […]
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Interviewing an EF Expert, Part 6
Top Tier Admissions(link opens in new tab/window), a company devoted to empowering students from around the world in the college and graduate school admissions process, recently interviewed ResearchILD’s very own […]
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Scary Fun Halloween Activities to Promote EF
Boo! Halloween, trick-or-treating, and costume planning offer fun ways to promote executive function at home. Categorizing Many students don’t like to organize, which isn’t news to most parents and teachers. […]
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3 EF Strategies to Start the School Year
With back-to-school season in full swing, it is more important than ever for students to adopt executive function strategies and tools. Students of all ages can set themselves up for […]
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The Ultimate EF Summer Packing Tips
School’s finally out! Summer is upon us; for many people, that means dusting off those suitcases and getting ready for vacation. Whether you are traveling near or far, use these […]
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Hack Your To-Do Lists with EF Strategies
Do you create to-do lists with the intention of organizing your tasks and relieving stress? According to research and interviews(link opens in new tab/window) ↗, it turns out that to-do […]
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Students Speak: Organizing and Prioritizing
When teachers tell students to stay organized, what exactly does that mean? In the SMARTS curriculum, lessons on organizing and prioritizing are broken down into two units: strategies for materials […]