As a parent, educator, or family member of a neurodivergent teen, you’ve likely seen first hand the day-to-day ups and downs of navigating an unpredictable world. It’s hard enough to work your way through adolescence and young adulthood, without the added stressors of anxiety, impulsiveness, forgetfulness, and distractibility that can come along with forms of … read more
We all have our go-to playlist when we need to get work done, our favorite tunes that help us power through a task and stay focused. But did you ever stop and think about why music has the ability to improve our executive function and help us concentrate better? In this blog post, we’ll be … read more
Recently we came across some new statistics about executive functioning: 82% of people don’t have a time management system (Accuity Training, 2022) 25% of people “Just deal with whatever seems most important at the time” (Accuity Training, 2022) 1 in 8 people (12.5%) never feel under control at work (Accuity Training, 2022) Thousands of people … read more
Here at Life Skills Advocate, we often discuss with clients and families that there’s not just one answer to challenges with executive functioning. The area of our brain responsible for EF skills–the prefrontal cortex–manages all types of complex behavior, including decision-making, personality, and goal orientation. A lot is happening there, which means we can’t always … read more