ADHD Executive Function Coach In New York

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Our Executive Functioning Coaching

Program

Learn Executive Functioning The Ladder Method way

 

Intake & Assessment

We kickstart the process with a telephone consultation led by one of our client services enrollment executives. After gaining insight into the family's requirements, we assign an assessment coach to meet with the student and family to delve deeper into their needs.

Implementation

Implementation begins once the assessment findings are reviewed. A tailored strategy is crafted by our assessment staff in collaboration with our Student Success department. This strategy is then put into action through weekly appointments. The frequency and duration of these meetings are determined based on our assessment.

Ongoing Evaluation

We ensure continuous assessment by facilitating regular meetings between the assigned coach and our Student Success team. Through these meetings, we monitor progress and identify pivotal moments to implement or adjust skill-building strategies for the client.

What is the The Ladder Method difference?

What is the difference between learning Executive Functioning and learning Executive Functioning through

The Ladder Method?

 

Proprietary Approach

We've adopted a distinctive approach, leveraging a proprietary curriculum crafted by our founder.

We recognized the necessity of replicating Candice’s methodology to ensure effective outcomes. This isn't merely about quality controlling our program; it's about ensuring its efficacy.

Statistical Success Rates

We validate the effectiveness of our program through statistical models and data analysis, meticulously measuring success with each of our students.

Our success is intricately tied to yours or your child's success; we don't consider ourselves successful unless you achieve your goals.

Team Work

We operate collaboratively in teams to achieve our objectives.

When you engage with us, you're not just benefiting from the expertise of a single educator or therapist; you're gaining the support of an entire team of staff members dedicated to ensuring your child's success and well-being.

Meet Noah Donner Klein

In the Spring of 2019, Noah embarked on his journey with us, experiencing a remarkable transformation through the utilization of our toolbox and proprietary method for enhancing executive functioning skills.

Today, Noah stands as a shining example of our program's effectiveness. Having successfully graduated from his major at USC, he has swiftly transitioned into a thriving new career just one month after completing his college education.

Our Executive Functioning FAQ

What is Executive Functioning?

8 -12 key skills that people use to plan and execute tasks as diverse as setting the table to playing sports to completing homework and turning it in.

The skills we focus on are below:

 

Organization

The ability to create methods and systems to stay tidy and have things put away where they can be found easily.

What this looks like in practice: You regularly find your child’s homework or papers thrown into a backpack without organization. This student or adult may regularly misplace keys or assignments.

Time Management

An ability to understand accurately how long something will take to properly plan and execute.

What this looks like in practice: An inability to understand why something was not completed on time, procrastination or a failure to complete most of the steps before having to turn something in.

Working Memory

The ability to keep pieces of information in one’s head for the duration of when it is needed.

What this looks like in practice: An inability to remember directions even after having had them explained numerous times. An inability to memorize without regular repetition. It may look like absentmindedness.

Self-Monitoring

The ability of a person to understand how they are doing at a task.

What this looks like in practice: An inability to understand why they didn’t do well on an assignment or a project.

Planning

The ability to understand how to plan out the execution of a set of tasks and prioritize between tasks.

What this looks like in practice: An inability to set out a plan to execute a project, presentation or set of homework.

Focus/ Attention

An ability to maintain sustained focus on a person or project and shifting to the next project when needed.

What this looks like in practice: An inability to maintain focus for the duration of something, interrupting an adult with an unrelated topic, interrupting in class with an unrelated topic.

Task Initiation

The ability to initiate a task that is assigned without coaxing or another adult present.

What this looks like in practice: An inability to get started or to understand and get started on the next step in an order of tasks.

Emotional Regulation

The ability of a person to react appropriately to positive or negative feedback or instructions.

What this looks like in practice: An inability to restrain an emotional feeling. Children or Adults that lack emotional regulation overreact to an issue.

Task Management

An ability to understanding the micro-steps and timing of a bigger project and how to manage those steps in an order. See also planning.

What this looks like in practice: An inability to task manage might look a weakness to understand what the micro-steps of a project are, how to prioritize them, how to allocate time for them and what steps go in what order.

Meta-Cognition

The ability to understand how one learns best to apply it to acquire more information.

What this looks like in practice: An inability or struggle to study for tests or understand what processes work best for the learner.

Goal Directed Perseverance

The ability to stick to the task at hand and not give up when faced with a challenge.

What this looks like in practice: An inability to stick to the task at hand and switch when faced with challenges. Several projects go incomplete.

Flexibility

The ability to adapt when something changes or shifts either in terms of due date or expectation.

What this looks like in practice: An inability to cope with the shift and either an outburst or impulsivity ensues.

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