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Get answers to your top questions from four of our Executive Function coaches.
Students & Families
Beyond BookSmart’s one-on-one, virtual Executive Function Coaching helps every student feel confident, at ease, and in control at school, with friends, and at home.
We help students of all ages develop Executive Function skills with one-on-one coaching that allows them to feel calm, initiate tasks, stay organized, maintain attention, and exceed their academic, social, and life goals.
Beyond Academic Achievement
Executive Function Coaching for students goes beyond academic engagement and achievement. Our expert team of 250+ coaches understands the intricacies of each distinct stage in a student’s life, and how struggles with Executive Function skills can extend well beyond the classroom.
Elementary School Students:
- Understand emotions and apply skills to cope with strong emotions
- Develop organizational systems and become independent with daily routines
- Learn and apply strategies to start and persist challenging work
- Self-reflect and take ownership of commitments and habits
Middle School Students:
- Self-regulate strong emotions
- Initiate tasks and maintain attention
- Learn approaches for challenging work and develop systems to start and complete assignments on time
- Gain insights into what motivates them and improve productivity without overwhelm
- Study and take tests effectively
- Advocate for themselves with teachers and peers
High School Students:
- Self-regulate strong emotions and maintain helpful self-care routines
- Manage time effectively and stay organized with multiple long-term assignments
- Initiate and maintain attention in class and on assignments independently
- Develop and maintain personalized systems to approach challenges using knowledge of what motivates them, what technology may be helpful, and what organizational techniques work for them
- Advocate for themselves with teachers and peers
- Prepare for a successful post high-school transition
College & Graduate Students:
- Personalize and maintain organizational systems that support increased freedom and decreased accountability in a college setting
- Improve social relationship building and communication
- Decrease overwhelm and improve confidence in ability to cope with challenges
- Plan for the future and improve interviewing skills
- Find and maintain balance in academic and personal life
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“I look forward to our weekly sessions so I can share with you my “wins and challenges”. The wins are great, especially when I can share a good grade with you. The challenges are not so scary after I 'chunk' them down with you. This means so much to me. My neurodiversity, anxiety, and ADHD sometimes makes it difficult for me to believe in myself. You always have the right words and processes to make me feel like I can do the work and be successful.”
High School Student, MA
If ADHD is impacting academic performance, relationships, or overall quality of life, our highly qualified team can help! Initiating tasks, managing time, planning, organizing, regulating emotions, or even remembering instructions can be difficult if you have ADHD. Executive Function Coaching will give you the tools you need to better manage your ADHD symptoms and improve your daily life management.
Our coaches have extensive experience working with students with ADHD at all ages and can work collaboratively with parents and schools to reinforce skill development, and provide support for IEP and 504 plan requirements.
ADHD Support For Students
Our Approach
Beyond BookSmart has spent nearly 20 years coaching individuals and families on Executive Function skills, helping people learn and apply these life management skills to find success and ease at home, at school, and at work. With practice, students will learn to ask and proactively address the following questions:
- Present: Am I ready to be doing the work?
- Clear: Am I clear on what I am going to tackle right now?
- Organized: Do I have the plan, the study environment, and the resources on hand to get the job done?
- Engaged: Am I good to start and able to stay focused?
- On track: Am I still heading in the right direction, and can I do this in an even better way?
Meet Our Coaches
Our team is proudly made up of professionals across education, psychology, neuroscience, and special education who work collaboratively to meet individual student needs, and to work with parents as needed to support skill development.
All 250+ Beyond BookSmart coaches have at least a master’s degree, proven success records, must pass the BBS coaching exam following a fully-paid proprietary training program, and actively participate in ongoing professional development training.
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