Building Executive Functioning Skills May Be The Best Intervention For Increasing Processing Speed.
4 Apr 2014

Building Executive Functioning Skills May Be The Best Intervention For Increasing Processing Speed.

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  Processing speed is becoming a stumbling block for many students. The number of students who are requesting extra time on tests has increased tremendously over the years. What does it mean to have a processing speed dysfunction?  Do executive … Continued

Quick test taking tips for the “Rusher”
8 Feb 2014

Quick test taking tips for the “Rusher”

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You know the “Rusher”. This is the student who rushes through his or her work without reading the full directions, makes careless errors, only writes down part of the homework assignment and thinks checking work is the worst offense in … Continued

How Does A Low Processing Speed Score Affect My Child?
20 Sep 2013

How Does A Low Processing Speed Score Affect My Child?

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Question: My 16 year old son has just had an evaluation and he was given the following scores on the test: 
 PRI 132, VCI 130, WMI 110, PSI 76
. I don’t understand how exactly this affects him, though I … Continued

How to help your child succeed in middle school
8 Jun 2013

How to help your child succeed in middle school

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Last week Mrs. Smith came to visit me and discuss her daughter, Sarah. Sarah is in seventh grade and has been struggling all year. Last year in sixth grade Sarah earned all A’s and B”s on her report card.  Sarah … Continued

Find your Executive Functioning Strengths and Weakness with our FREE QUIZ
17 Mar 2013

Find your Executive Functioning Strengths and Weakness with our FREE QUIZ

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Executive Functioning refers to the skills that help you organize, plan and execute a task. If you would like to discover your own executive functioning strengths and weaknesses, take our free quiz and then read below to see how each … Continued

Processing speed issues are challenging at all ages
22 Feb 2013

Processing speed issues are challenging at all ages

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Sara is now 22 years old and still struggling with processing speed issues.  Here is Sara’s story: When I was 12 years old, I was diagnosed with slow processing speed, given a 504 plan, and told this was a part of my … Continued

Mastering Executive Functioning Skills Requires Grit and Resilience
7 Jan 2013

Mastering Executive Functioning Skills Requires Grit and Resilience

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 by Melissa Mullin Ph.D. Executive functioning skills enable students to manage their workload and plan for the future. These skills allow students to break down a task and organize it as well as create a time lime for completion. Grit … Continued

What Does It Mean To Have Weak Executive Functioning Skills?
6 Dec 2012

What Does It Mean To Have Weak Executive Functioning Skills?

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Many middle school children have difficulty with executive functioning skills. What does this really mean? For many of the students that we work with at the K& M Center this means that they are missing assignments and they are not … Continued

504 Accommodations: Extra Time on Tests
12 Oct 2012

504 Accommodations: Extra Time on Tests

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Brad was a third grader who has struggled with reading since first grade.  His teacher shared with his parents that he is easily distracted and although he was performing at grade level he may have an attention issue. Brad was … Continued

Executive Functioning Workbook
25 Sep 2012

Executive Functioning Workbook

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 By Melissa Mullin, Ph.D. and Karen Fried, PysD. Planning, organizing and following through on your plans require strong executive functioning skills. Developing these skills can take patience, guidance and practice. There are parents, teachers, executive functioning coaches and tutors who … Continued