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 | Aug 15, 2016 | Academic Coaching, ADHD Coaching
Understanding the ADD syndrome is the first step to understand why you do what you do and how to get on with your goals in life. Remember this: Executive function means the job of managing behavior and thoughts. This job is multi-layered and multi-faceted. It’s...
