What are goals for your child this year?
Executive Functioning Skills: Cognitive skills that help people control and coordinate their other cognitive abilities and behaviors including Self-monitoring, planning, organizing, reasoning, mental flexibility, and problem-solving. These skills are essential for lifelong functioning in areas such as critical thinking, problem-solving, planning, decision making, and executing tasks.
Toileting: A structured and consistent plan must be created. A time schedule may need to be created. A reward system may be needed as long as you think your child understands what they are receiving a reward for.
Speaking: Is your house labeled? When you give your child an object do you say it’s name? Do you require a complete sentence from your child when they are answering you?
Homework completion: What does homework time look like in your home? Is there a designated place for work time? Does your child get a snack after school? Do you check in with them throughout to assess understand and completion? You are a crucial part of your child’s homework completion.
Attendance: have you created a bedtime and morning routine?Your child will function more successfully if they can follow a structured and consistent plan. This will also aid in independence and being on time.
Organization: Your child must be hive. The tools to be successful. Less is best. Too many folders and notebooks increase the disarray. Students get overwhelmed and rushed with time so end up adding the work to their book bag, and not in the correct folder.
Friendships: As hard as it is for parents and teachers to see children alone, sometimes it is what the child wants. Look for the signs. Ask your child or watch your child interact or not. Give them the opportunity to interact, and sit back and watch what happens.