by Ruth Bomar | Sep 5, 2016 | Academic Coaching, ADHD Coaching, Blog, College Transition 101
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...
by Ruth Bomar | Aug 29, 2016 | Academic Coaching, ADHD Coaching, Blog
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 the task you...
by Ruth Bomar | Aug 22, 2016 | Academic Coaching, ADHD Coaching, Blog
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 in the...
by Ruth Bomar | Jul 25, 2016 | Blog, College Transition 101, Resiliency
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 students without learning disabilities...
by Ruth Bomar | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog, College Transition 101
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. I love...
by Ruth Bomar | Jul 7, 2016 | Blog, College Transition 101, Resiliency, Study Routines
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 easy. It takes a courage to examine...
