Executive Function Coach In Columbus, OH

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Our Executive Functioning Coaching

Program

Learn Executive Functioning The Ladder Method way

 

Assessment

Our distinctive program begins with a comprehensive evaluation covering 12 cognitive domains. This thorough assessment enables us to pinpoint the primary learning styles of our students, giving us insights into how your child learns best.

8 weeks

Our 8-week program offers an introduction to fundamental skills like organization, routine establishment, planning, and time management. This course acts as a foundational stepping stone to get you on the right track. Remember, honing executive functioning skills is a continuous process that requires ongoing practice and development.

2 times per week

The assigned coach and student teams meet twice a week. In the first session, the emphasis is on learning the specific skill or objective. The second session focuses on developing the habit and routine, ensuring the student incorporates it smoothly into their everyday life.

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

Our unique methodology and specialized curriculum, designed by our founder, set us apart.

To ensure outstanding results, we've meticulously replicated Candice's proven approach. This strategy not only guarantees the quality of our program but also ensures its effectiveness.

Statistical Success Rates

Our program's effectiveness is backed by robust statistical models and data analysis, allowing us to accurately measure success for each student.

Your success, or your child's success, is our benchmark for achievement. We thrive only when you thrive.

Team Work

We collaborate as a team to achieve our results.

Rather than relying on a single educator or therapist, you benefit from a dedicated educator as well as a collective team of staff members. This collaborative approach ensures your child stays on the path to success.

Meet Noah Donner Klein

He started with us in the Spring of 2019. Hear his dramatic story of improvement using our toolbox and our proprietary method of instruction on executive functioning skills.

He has now successfully graduated his major at USC and his thriving in a new career only 1 month after graduating college.

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 were 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 shift 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 order. See also planning.

What this looks like in practice: An inability to task manage might look like 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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