Tag: mentoring
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The Power of a Mentor
ResearchILD’s 35th Annual Learning Differences Conference brought together educators from across the globe to hear from speakers at the forefront of executive function research and implementation in schools. One idea […]
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Teaching When You Have ADHD
The SMARTS Executive Function Curriculum has been helping students with ADHD and learning differences for a long time—long enough to see some of our SMARTS students grow up into teachers! […]
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Friends and Executive Function
For students, even very young students, social relationships influence the development of their executive function abilities. A study published by Sabine Doebel and Yuko Munakata at the University of Colorado explored […]
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Learning Differences on Campus
College is an exciting time in a young person’s life, but for students with learning differences it can be challenging and even discouraging. There is a major shift from K-12 […]
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Why Student Mentors Matter
Mentoring is a powerful way to engage all students. At SMARTS, we believe a peer mentoring or coaching approach can be especially transformative for students with learning differences. Trying to […]
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SMARTS News! A New Blended After-School Mentoring and Strategy Instruction Program
We are the proud recipients of a Cumming’s Foundation 100 for 100 Grant, allowing us to pilot a blended mentoring and executive function strategy instruction program in Woburn, MA. Working […]
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Things Not to Say to a Child Who Has ADHD
Everyone wants to be sensitive to a child who is struggling with ADHD. But the reality of the situation is that interacting with a student with ADHD can be frustrating, […]
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Students Speak: I’m Lucky I Didn’t Fall Through the Cracks, Part 2
This is the second half of Lily Corman Penzel’s story on joining SMARTS. Check out Part 1 here. “I don’t know how many of you in this room would be […]
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Students Speak: I’m Lucky I Didn’t Fall Through the Cracks, Part 1
The following is a transcript from a speech given by Lily Corman Penzel at ResearchILD’s Pathways to Success Gala. Before becoming a public health professional, Lily was a student mentor […]