Executive Function Coaching In New York, NY
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Program
Learn Executive Functioning The Ladder Method way
Intake & Assessment
The process commences with an initial phone discussion featuring one of our dedicated client services enrollment executives. After gaining insights into the family's requirements, we proceed to appoint an assessment coach who engages with both the student and their family to delve deeper into their needs.
Implementation
Following the assessment review, our assessment team collaborates with the Student Success department to devise a tailored strategy. This strategy is subsequently put into action through weekly appointments. The frequency and duration of these meetings are determined based on the specifics outlined in our assessment.
Ongoing Evaluation
Regular meetings are held between the designated coach and the Student Success team to evaluate progress and identify crucial junctures for refining or advancing the client's skill development.
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 distinctive approach stems from a proprietary methodology and curriculum meticulously crafted by our founder, setting us apart in our methods and teachings.
In order to achieve effective outcomes, we recognized the necessity of replicating Candice's methodology. It's not merely about our quality control process for the program; it's about ensuring the delivery of a program that yields tangible results.
Statistical Success Rates
By leveraging statistical models and data analytics, we validate the effectiveness of our program through precise measurements of success attained by each individual student.
We don’t succeed unless you or your child succeeds.
Team Work
We work in teams to deliver our results.
Instead of solely engaging with a singular educator or therapist, you're supported by a collaborative team of staff members dedicated to nurturing your child's development, ensuring they're equipped to flourish.
Meet Noah Donner Klein
Joining us in the spring of 2019, he embarked on a journey marked by remarkable progress. Witness the compelling narrative of his growth, fueled by our unique toolbox and exclusive approach to enhancing executive functioning skills.
Today, he stands as a testament to his own perseverance and our program's efficacy. Having triumphantly completed his major at USC, he swiftly transitions into a flourishing career just a month after bidding farewell to college life.
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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