Four Hacks for Self-Monitoring and Self-Regulating Actions Another “store-manager” type task our brain does is keeping up with moment-by-moment behavior in other words self-monitoring and self-regulating your behavior. If there is a deficit in this executive function is might lead … Continue reading →
Six Hacks for Managing Your Working Memory What is working memory? Working memory is like a holding station where a network of neurons holds a bit of information while at the same time doing something else. Working memory holds a … Continue reading →
Four hacks for managing frustration and regulating your emotions. People with ADD syndrome often struggle with emotions. They might have a very low threshold for frustration. Or they might struggle with regulating their emotional experience and expression. * Managing your … Continue reading →
Executive Functions Effort: Regulating alertness, sustaining effort, and processing speed. Effort refers to regulating how alert you are for a given task. Your mind helps you stay alert and maintain the right amount of effort for the task while performing … Continue reading →
Executive Functions Focus: Focusing, sustaining and shifting attention to tasks. This executive function plays a major role in academics. Take for example the task of reading. Reading requires that we stop paying attention to something else like the furry puppy … Continue reading →
Everyone should go to college. People might criticize me for making such a blanket statement. And I understand the reasons for some folks who choose not to attend college. But hear me out. I work with college students with and … Continue reading →
Hubby Dear and I took a quick trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma last weekend. Before heading home we stopped by Schusterman Center, OU – Tulsa and Oral Roberts University. Being a photographer, he captured these striking images of both universities. … Continue reading →
Many students come see me after they have bombed their first semester or first year in college. Together we work on action steps to get their GPA back on track and take the steps each semester towards graduation. It’s not … Continue reading →
Hello everyone! What’s happening with my research? There are several parts in my doctoral journey. Coursework, comprehensive exams, proposal writing, acceptance and approval to conduct research. The next step is recruitment of participants and then conducting the actual research. This … Continue reading →
It’s the week after Spring Break and my students are coming back sunburned and sleepy only to face the sad results of their midterms. One of my students needs to perform a post-mortem on a Criminal Justice midterm exam. How … Continue reading →