Executive Functioning Tutors

Mar 11

How Does Our Process Work?

Our Process is multi-tiered and customized so that we get a holistic picture of your family.

Intake

It all begins with our initial phone consultation to understand your Executive Functioning goals. We want to know where you have been.

Assessment

Once we have a feel for the goals of your family, we take an assessment of your student. We use this assessment to create a strategy and a timeline.

Implementation

Once we understand which EF goals to address, we implement a full Strategy.

Ongoing evaluation

Your Executive Functioning tutor along with your Student Success team meet regularly to assess progress and to assess key moments to implement further skill building for the client.

What Sets Our Company Apart

What sets us apart—we teach best practices and what is most essential on Executive Functioning or study skills—AND we have our own proprietary method and approach called The Ladder Method that is statistically proven.

We get you results.

Our students consistently hit the top of the class when they follow our recommended action plans AND we track performance.

Our curriculum is adjustable. We have a curriculum that is tailored to your learning and pacing.

We have a philosophy on learning! Ask us about it!

Speed is not always the answer, making sure your skills and tools stick is ultimately the goal of our program.

Not only are our executive functioning tutors experienced and trained in our proprietary learning method, we are monitoring your growth and progress for key shifts!

Our Student Success team pro-actively monitors your or your student’s progress so you don’t have to!

We have a team of administrators that regularly oversee and review our tutors and coaches ensuring your and your family’s success!

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING FAQs

Our Executive Functioning Coaches help instill executive functioning skills such as planning, organization, time management as well as homework completion. Our Executive Functioning Coaches differ from tutors as they also also teach task initiation and task completion using the ten core components of The Ladder Method.

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.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND ADHD OR ADD?

Very little. The executive functioning issue speaks to the individual symptomatology of ADHD or ADD.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING COACH AND A TUTOR?

A tutor or homework helper assist with the achievement of an individual task. They can be an adult, a college student or high school student with relatively little training but the content or material at hand.

An executive functioning coach helps with all of the symptoms of Executive functioning. At our company, our executive functioning coaches have at minimum a Masters and are trained, field tested and come with years of professional experience behind them.

An executive functioning tutor at our company helps with all of the symptoms of Executive functioning. They are considered a tutor because they do not possess a Masters, although they do have a BA. Many of our EF tutors have more than 8-10 years of field experience in study skills and executive functioning.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ACADEMIC COACH AND AN EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING COACH?

An academic coach at our company has the additional content expertise in an academic subject. They may be additionally trained in Chemistry.

We have several types of instructors and coaches:

An Academic Coach: Offers instruction in study skills, EF skills AND the academic subject.

Executive Functioning Coach: Offers instruction in EF skills only and may be able to handle some subject matter.

Instructor/Tutor: Offers instruction in a content area only.

Meet the Team

Executive Functioning Tutors

We have three tiers of Executive Functioning Staff. Our Executive Functioning Coaches have a minimum of 5-10 years of experience in the field and hold an advanced degree. Our Master Executive Functioning Coaches have a minimum of 10-15 years of experience in the field and hold an advanced degree. Our Executive Functioning Tutors are the introductory level of coaching instructors on our staff and have a minimum of 3-10 years of teaching or instructing experience in the field. They may or may not hold an advanced degree. Our rates for these tiers of servicing differ. However all of our staff undergo our rigorous training program in our proprietary methodology.

Featured

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John H

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John H is one of our executive functioning coaches for adults. He currently is a professional development manager at an international law firm where he assists associates with career development and counseling. At The Ladder Method, he works with our adult clients on all facets of executive functioning and executive leadership.

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Finnian D

Ivan graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a B.A. in History and later completed an M.A. in History at Cal State University of Los Angeles. Ivan has worked in the field of education for over 15 years as a teacher, advisor, and manager of various school programs. He has worked directly with students in varying age groups, from middle school through high school, and college-level adults.

Jack H

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Lily B

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Lucy is one of our Executive Functioning Coaches. She has been tutoring young adults for many years. Throughout her working career, she has been coaching students on emotional intelligence and executive functioning skills. Her clients and students find success and demonstrate improvement in all areas of Executive Functioning.

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Robin M

Junior Coach

Robin completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at California State University Monterey Bay in Humanities and Communications with a Concentration in English Studies. She is currently completing her Master’s degree in English at California State University Fullerton.

At the Ladder Method, Robin aids in all things literature and history-based. Her tutoring specialty is essay-writing and outlining at any grade range for any subject. Robin has a nurturing but determined attitude when it comes to her tutoring style. She shows students a sense of enthusiasm and encouragement to succeed in their academics.

Taylor B

Taylor is about to begin her sixth year of teaching students who are deaf and hard of hearing. Taylor majored in Education and English at the University of Memphis. She continued her studies at Vanderbilt Medical School, focusing on educating the deaf.

In LA, she works with over 20 schools with students who are deaf or hard of hearing on self-advocacy and auditory skills. Since 2018, she has also been tutoring students from ages 5 to 18 in a wide array of content areas. She has specialized training in reading interventions such as Wilson Reading System and S.P.I.R.E to help students who struggle with learning disabilities such as dyslexia and other phonologically based disorders. Her passion is helping students who lack confidence in reading and writing learn to express themselves and connect with authors who resonate with them.

Jeffrey K

At The Ladder Method, Jeffrey specializes in working with primary school and Middle School students. He gets the most joy in his work when he sees a student succeed, make growth in a subject area, or have a lightbulb moment that helps them learn.

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Intae K

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At The Ladder Method, Intae specializes in Reading and Writing skills at all levels, basic Math up to Geometry, and Test Prep. He excels in working with students with learning differences as well as in fostering positivity in sessions with all students.

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