Screen Time & Learning: The Impact of Technology on Children’s Brains

In today’s world, technology is more integrated into children's lives than ever before and screen time is a growing concern...

Unraveling the Link: How Anxiety Tightens Its Grip on Students’ Executive Functioning

By Emma Michiels, Instructor Fifty percent of middle school students report feeling stressed over academics all the time. For high...

Self-advocacy: How to get students to ask for – and accept – help

By Mandy Cohen, Instructor Help me. Those two little words have a powerful stigma around them, as asking for help...

An underutilized tool

Whiteboards, both physical and virtual, are underutilized learning tools that help students visualize things more easily. Students can use them...

Tapping into Intrinsic Motivation

By Adina Levitt, Coach “But why? I don’t want to!” This may sound like a familiar response when students are...

Engaging Minds Expands Executive Function Programming for Adults

Three different adult executive function curriculum offerings to help adults manage their time and reduce stress

Making sense of directions

by Jocelyn Merrill As both a teacher and an executive functioning tutor, I often see students skip over directions. When...

Executive Functioning + Math = A Formula for Success!

By Emma Michiels, Instructor It’s probably been awhile since you tackled algebraic equations, or solved geometry proofs, right? Fortunately, you...

Anxiety and Executive Function

My child is anxious and overwhelmed by schoolwork. Can executive function coaching help? Written by Jess Holman, Instructor At Engaging...

Problem-solving is a skill

By Charlie Swan, Instructor Adults problem-solve every day without realizing that it is an acquired skill. How do I find...

Sleep is important

By Charlie Swan, Instructor We all know that sleep is important, and that we don’t obtain nearly enough of it....

Supporting an Effective Back to School Transition

By Charlie Swan, Instructor Back to school is around the corner, which means big transitions for your child. This can...