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Learn Executive Function Skills to
Decrease Stress and Anxiety!

 

In many ways, executive function is just another term for “study skills,” skills many 
middle and high school students do not develop until their homework becomes rigorous enough to demand it. Failure to learn these skills often causes problems for students, problems that cause stress and impact social, emotional, and academic well-being. 
These students aren’t immature or lazy – they are struggling!
Executive function skills include, but are not limited to:

  • Time Management

  • Organization

  • Planning and Prioritizing

  • Task Initiation/Procrastination

  • Sustained Attention/Task Completion

  • Working Memory

  • Goal-Directed Persistence

 

Dr. Kelly Schultz and Nan Janecke of WMU’s Academically Talented Youth Program will help students, parents, and teachers learn tips, tricks, and strategies to improve executive function and relieve stress and anxiety related to homework. From understanding weekly time commitments to coping with digital distractions, from old-school techniques like timers to new school tools like virtual calendars, develop skills that help relieve stress and anxiety – 
and go from struggling to achieving!

This FREE presentation is open to the public.
Monday, February 26, 2024
7 p.m.
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency
1819 E. Milham Ave., Portage
(between Lovers' Lane and Portage Rd. on the north side of the road)

Our Mission

Partners in Learning for Unlimited Success

PLUS of Southwest Michigan is dedicated to providing leadership, support and advocacy of education and services to meet the needs of gifted, talented and creative students in our region.

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