self regulated kid

The Self-Regulated Kid:
Expert Tips for Raising Capable Kids in a Fast Paced, Distracted World
Expert Tips to Grow Your Child’s Independence and Executive Function Skills
-For parents of students in grades K-4-

"The single greatest predictor of academic success is executive function.
It even trumps IQ." -John Medina, Brain Rules

The Self-Regulated Kid:

If there is one thing I have learned in over 20 years of working with students, teachers, and schools it is this:

Here's what parents can do about it.

Details:

Who: Parents of toddlers through middle school
What: 60 minute, 1:1 or family consultation.
Where: Innovative Learning Services' office location, 59 Bayview Road, Kentfield, CA.
Investment: $175.00
Scheduling: Check availability and contact Dan on this page
A range of useful materials are included.

Combining 20 years of experience in K-12 schools with expertise in learning disabilities, ADHD, executive function and child development, Dan Leibowitz, M.Ed., M.Sped., C.E.T. offers proven advice for parents raising capable kids in our hurried, distracted world.

Understand a simple model of executive function that enables more responsive, helpful parenting

The lifelong importance of these skills and their effect on learning makes it clear that parents need to be aware of what we now understand about the development of executive function skills, the experiences that foster the healthy emergence of these skills, and the conditions that appear to undermine them.

Building the Brain’s “Air Traffic Control System”: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function. Center on the Developing Child. Harvard University.

"I think that we should be focusing on helping children get better at these skills early. I’m hesitant to use the word teach, because when you say teach, people have this image of children sitting like little college students in their seats with somebody lecturing at them. Promoting these skills should involve weaving them naturally into everyday activities in school and at home in playful and fun ways!"
-Adele Diamond, PhD

The brain, like any muscle, grows with practice.

The Self-Regulated Kid teaches parents how to exercise it
through a set of age-appropriate strategies and household routines.

"The single greatest predictor of academic success is executive function. It even trumps IQ." -John Medina, Brain Rules

"The single greatest predictor of academic success is executive function.
It even trumps IQ." -John Medina, Brain Rules