These skills are part of higher-level cognitive processes and can be hard to asses. Executive function can cause children and teens to struggle with complex skills during daily activities including:
Strengthening executive functioning skills can be challenging because children need to use many brain pathways for these skills in a variety of environments and situations. Executive functions differ from concrete skills such as teaching your child to write their name because of the large number of skills or “functions” this brain area manages.
The WISE Family has developed strategic methods that utilize many neural pathways in the frontal lobe, the area responsible for this function, to strengthen these skills in a series of intensive lessons and can be practiced at home.
“Amy is like Oprah – she’s the neighbor you love who is very, very smart”
— Parent of 14-year-old son and 18-year-old daughter“I went home and practiced what Amy taught me…and it worked!”
— 8-year-old coaching client“Amy talks about moving children from being externally-driven to internally-driven…and she helps you get there!”
— Parent of 15-year-old daughter“Amy brings together the best emotion-focused strategies with cutting-edge brain science to change the lives of children and families”
— Parent of adopted twin girls
