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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are looking for any recommendations for an active, hands on study skill coach/ EF coach to support our teenage son. We have had experience with many well intentioned EF coaches who support verbally, in a virtual capacity with suggestions only. This keeps falling short of what we need. We are looking for a practice/ person who will concretely teach our son study strategies, support him (hold him accountable?) to use them and teach/support him how to monitor, map out his time and then complete assignments.

I realize that this may be a unicorn. Are their coaches that do home visits, look at a kids study area set up, make recommendations, and meet with them in person 1:1 weekly ( or  even 2x a week).

Or- any recommendations about outstanding summer study skill programs?

Please do NOT recommend the Chesapeake Center. [/quote]

TBH, I am a subject matter tutor and a parent of an ADHD kid and I find that, while my kid had atrocious study and time management skills, what was really hurting his grade is that his ADHD was affecting his subject matter performance.  No amount of executive functioning coaching helping him organize his notes and use a calendar was going to help him see that in math he made certain kinds of attentional errors repeatedly (mixing up signs, impulsively combining numbers, etc.), failed to firmly memorize formulas, sometimes stopped with partial answers, and sometimes missed or misunderstood concepts taught in class (or sometimes, TBH, they were taught badly in class).  IME, a subject matter tutor is better at helping a kid with executive function, than an executive function coach is at helping a kid who is doing badly in math.  But, it has to be a subject matter tutor who is not just explaining errors, but looking at the big picture and has access to all the students materials - classwork, homework, tests, electronic grade book, etc. and that tutor has to have a lot of experience with neurotypical and neurodivergent kids to understand how the ND student is different. [/quote]

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