Schedule decompression time for your child or teen each day. This is a time when technology is fully on limits (within whatever parameters your family has in place).

Teach your child to recognize and label emotions by building up their emotional vocabulary.

A contact list should consist of those involved in your child’s care, including school teachers, counselors, learning specialists, case managers, coaches and tutors.

Build in a variety of activities during a designated work time with choices. Try Incorporating multi-sensory techniques, movement breaks, and games too.

Write a brief introduction letter to your child’s teacher. A back-to-school letter helps the teacher get to know your child’s strengths, areas of need, and interests.

It is common to see students do well in their subjects and daily work, but struggle when it comes time to take the test. And let's face it, most classes attach a lot more weight to the chapter exam than last night’s HW.

Do you find that your teen puts off studying until the night before the big exam? Maybe you find your child on the phone with friends instead of researching the project that is due within a week.

Do you find that your teen puts off studying until the night before the big exam? Maybe you find your child on the phone with friends instead of researching the project that is due within a week. Let’s face it, we all struggle with procrastination at times, so why would our kids be any different?

Homework is often thought of as a chore and can be considered less desirable than school. Effective homework management can make this task feel less grueling for the child and parent.

Homework is often thought of as a chore and can be considered less desirable than school. Effective homework management can make this task feel less grueling for the child and parent.

Metacognition is the ability to reflect on your thought process and its corresponding feelings and behaviors. It's also learning about how we learn!

Metacognition is the ability to reflect on your thought process and its corresponding feelings and behaviors. In simpler terms, it’s how we think about thinking! It's also how we learn about how we learn most effectively.