What is Academic Coaching and Executive Function Training?
(And what is it not?)
"Within three months, my daughter's grades shot from failing to As and Bs."
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Academic life coaching is a collaborative relationship where we (the coach and the student) work together as partners to identify your goals and use your strengths to reach those goals.
Executive Function training is direct instruction in executive function skills, which are skills of internal self-regulation that allow us to progress toward a goal (either short term such as "do my homework" or long term such as "go to college"). We work on skills to overcome roadblocks to success such as procrastination, ineffective study techniques, overwhelm and boredom. Because the coaching process takes into account your unique situation, it is uniquely tailored to your life and your goals. |
Is academic coaching the same as tutoring or therapy?
Coaching is not therapy or tutoring.
Coaches have training unique to the profession and are very careful to observe the ethical boundaries between the professions.
Coaches have training unique to the profession and are very careful to observe the ethical boundaries between the professions.
- Tutors are subject-specific, whereas academic life coaching spans all subjects and levels.
- Academic life coaching gives students a set of tools that can be applied to any subject at any level.
- Executive function training addresses internal processes and affects all areas of life.
