Executive Function Coach In Philadelphia, PA

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Our Executive Functioning Coaching

Program

Learn Executive Functioning The Ladder Method way

 

Intake & Assessment

The initial step involves a phone consultation with one of our client services enrollment specialists. Once they have a comprehensive understanding of the family's requirements, an assessment coach is appointed to perform an in-depth evaluation with the student and their family.

Implementation

After an in-depth analysis of the assessment, our evaluation team partners closely with the Student Success department to develop a customized plan. This individualized approach emphasizes the improvement of executive functioning skills, implemented through weekly sessions. The timing and length of these sessions are determined based on the specific recommendations detailed in the assessment report.

Ongoing Evaluation

The assigned coach partners with the Student Success team to assess progress and pinpoint essential opportunities to enhance the client's skills through strategic implementation or necessary adjustments.

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

To achieve successful outcomes, we recognized the necessity of implementing Candice's strategy. This approach not only maintains the high standards of our program but also guarantees that we deliver a program that is both impactful and effective.

Statistical Success Rates

Our program thrives by utilizing advanced statistical models and comprehensive data analysis, enabling us to meticulously track and assess each student's development.

Our success is reflected in the milestones achieved by you or your child.

Team Work

Our accomplishments are driven by the unified strength of our teamwork, resulting in outstanding results.

Instead of relying on just one teacher or therapist, you will benefit from the shared knowledge and dedication of a team of professionals. This collaborative approach ensures your child receives holistic support, helping them achieve success through The Ladder Method.

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 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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