Executive Functioning Skills - What are They and How Do You Help Develop them in Your Child?

According to the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. During our February meeting, we hope that participants will gain a deeper understanding of what executive functioning skills are as well as strategies for supporting our children with executive functioning skill development.

We are pleased to have Evan Weinberger as our guest speaker. Evan is the CEO of Illuminos LLC, an academic coaching and tutoring company he co-founded with his cousin Wendy in 2016 after a decade of success growing the sister company he founded in Texas in 2006 called Staying Ahead of the Game LLC. The focus of his award-winning and research-driven program is helping kids build the executive functioning skills they need to be successful in the classroom and beyond. The core components include helping students with organization, time management, and influencing the perceptions of others. Evan will offer helpful tips to parents about how to encourage the ongoing development of essential executive functioning skills for kids, including those struggling with learning differences. Evan will offer actionable and specific strategies parents can use at home to help their children form better school habits and routines, as well as maintain focus, a growth mindset, cognitive flexibility, and more. All participants will leave with creative new ideas directly from Illuminos’ proprietary and research-driven program they can implement immediately.

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