“Why can’t my child get organized?’
Problems with organization plague many people. Solutions are in the tutorials:
Direct instruction in executive function skills: how to approach a task, segment it into manageable steps, and sustain attention through to the completion of each step
Organization of homework and school supplies (including notebook, binder, and backpack)
Understanding learning styles, whether visual, auditory, or kinesthetic
Communication skills in the academic setting, including how to talk to teachers
Reading and writing strategies, including comprehension, scanning, paraphrasing, note-taking, outlining, and mind-mapping
Memory techniques that target word-retrieval and working memory through the use of acrostics, acronyms, associations, charts and drawings; recall questions, listening skills, linking new information to existing information, and rehearsal.
Test-taking strategies, including how to read directions, how to take matching, multiple choice, true or false, short answer and essay tests