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Category: Executive Functioning

Support Your Child's Entrance to College

Supporting Your Child’s Entrance to College

August 8, 2022 Michelle PorjesExecutive Functioning

It is not unusual for our children to have educational support services beyond the classroom experience. Many children work with tutors and coaches to master material, prepare for high stakes tests, and process the bumps of development and/or time management.…

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Tutoring Business Part 2

How to Start Your Own Tutoring/Educational Support Businesses-Part 2

August 4, 2022 Michelle PorjesExecutive Functioning

I am often asked about the nuts and bolts of starting a tutoring or educational support practice. Although there is no one set of guidelines, there are steps to engage in to maximize the success of tutoring or educational support…

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How to Start Your Own Tutoring/Educational Support Businesses-Part 1

August 1, 2022 Michelle PorjesExecutive Functioning

I am often asked about the nuts and bolts of starting a tutoring or educational support practice. Although there is no one set of guidelines, there are steps to engage in to maximize the success of tutoring or educational support…

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EF Tik Tok Trend

Hopping on the Tik Tok Trend: 5 Things I Would Never Do

July 25, 2022 Michelle PorjesExecutive Functioning

There’s a trend on the social media platform Tik Tok called “5 things I would never do” where different professionals post about things they would never do based on their expertise and experience. Here’s mine: 5 Things I would never…

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Navigating the Yearly Calendar: Executive Functioning in August

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 Michelle PorjesExecutive Functioning

Welcome to the “Navigating the Yearly Calendar” series. This is a monthly series where we will explore strategies and tools that intersect with the calendar and the rhythm of a school year.  There is a reason we as humans mark…

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Teens Money and Experience

Teens, Money, and Experience: Creative Ways for Teens to Gain Experience and Make Money

June 17, 2022 Michelle PorjesExecutive Functioning

No one looks forward to summer vacation more than teens! However, summer can often be a time where teens do not have enough to do and resort to extended times of tech and sedentary activity.  Teens and even pre-teens fall…

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Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities

June 17, 2022 Michelle PorjesExecutive Functioning

“It’s not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world, yet you are not free from desisting from it either” Perkei Avot. Volunteer opportunities build us as humans. They allow us to strengthen our empathy and sympathy skills,…

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Summertime and EF Skills

Summertime and Executive Functioning Skills

June 16, 2022June 17, 2022 Michelle PorjesExecutive Functioning

Executive Functioning: The managing of time, stuff and information is not only for school time. Summer is an excellent time to stretch and practice executive functioning skills in real-world situations.  By making executive functioning skills a part of life, meaningful…

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Advice for Reading

Advice for Reading Literature: Tips and Tricks

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Michelle PorjesExecutive Functioning

A Summary by Aviv and Maor (based on How to Read Literature Like a Professor for Kids by Thomas Foster) Most stories are about a quest. A quest is a specific journey or adventure that a character or characters go on…

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Summer Learning Program 2022

Articulating a Summer Learning Program 2022

April 26, 2022April 28, 2022 Michelle PorjesExecutive Functioning

I’m excited to write this article. As someone who spent over two decades working in private schools, I know summer is a magical time. For me as an individual, I love the longer days, the  warmer weather and the break…

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