Assisting Your Teen with Executive Functioning

Danielle Christopherson, MSW, an Executive Functioning Interventionist/ School Social Worker will present to parents/guardians of teens to present the importance of teens utilizing strategies to improve their executive functioning skills and ways the adult caregivers in their lives can support them in developing these while gaining more independence during their child's teen years.

From the Presenter:

Supporting Your Teen's School Success with Executive Functioning (EF) Strategies. This parent workshop will be facilitated by Danielle Christopherson, a High School Executive Functioning Interventionist, who also has has her own coaching business- Enlighten EF Coaching and Consulting (See website for more information about Danielle & her services~ https://enlightencoaching.my.canva.site/). This presentation will focus on how parents, caretakers, and/or educators can support the development of EF skills in teens through a variety of strategies.  She will share background knowledge on the different Executive Functions areas (planning, time management, organization, goal setting, impulse control, emotional regulation, self-monitoring, communication skills, and more), share how struggles with EF can impact teens, and provide tools & takeaways for the adult attendees that will assist them in supporting their teen with developing their EF skills to increase their school success, responsibility, and independence in order to help them successfully manage the demands of high school and prepare them for life beyond high school.