Executive Functioning Support

Being a student is hard work! There are a different set of expectations with regard to daily routines across ages.  We see a big shift between elementary to middle school and then again between middle school and high school.  Oftentimes, children are so used to being directed and cued by the adults in their lives and sometimes struggle when they need to start managing things on their own.  

Executive functioning skills are important to develop and continue to build so children know what they need to do, how they are going to do it, and then how to adapt and adjust when the plan is not working.  At Skills on the Hill, we like to tell children that the frontal lobe of their brains is sort of like a “chief executive” or “president” that helps them figure out what to do all day long from the moment they wake up in the morning all the way to bedtime.

Organization Station supports children in developing their executive functioning skills so that they can become as independent as possible in daily life.  

Our team has assembled a program that combines strengthening self-awareness through use of self-report questionnaires, parent questionnaires, and trialing different strategies depending on each child’s unique areas of strength.  Visual schedules and checklists may work for one individual, while timers and to-do lists can work for another.  We focus on the whole child, across settings, and instruct parents in balancing how to scaffold support to build independence.

Organization Station is a consultative service performed during our designated morning appointment slots.  The child and parent attend an initial session together, a customized plan is developed, and then three other sessions are scheduled (based on availability) to monitor progress, suggest adaptations, and make other recommendations as needed. Organization Station services cannot be billed to insurance.