By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This is Part 2 of a series about how parents can help their child manage high school. Read Part 1. As I discussed in Part 1, parents of high schoolers often struggle to find the balance between helping their child be …
3 tips for parents: How to help your child manage high school, Part 1
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This is Part 1 of a series about how parents can help their child manage high school. Read Part 2. Parents of high school students have a unique challenge in finding the balance between helping their child be successful, and encouraging …
How to help a child with ADHD during remote learning: 8 tips
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Remote learning is challenging even for typical learners. But students with ADHD have a unique set of the challenges that are magnified during remote or hybrid learning. As an executive function coach who specializes in ADHD, I hear from parents weekly …
9 tips for communicating while wearing a mask in the classroom
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Never in a million years would I have predicted that I’d be writing this post. But alas, Covid-19 has made masks as common in the classroom as a stack of papers. As studies have proven, masks are essential in helping stop …
How to name your Google Docs: A hack for students
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. If you’re a student, you likely use Google Docs to write essays, etc. Google Docs is awesome and I highly recommend it – but it can be hard to find documents that you haven’t opened recently. Sure there’s a search bar, …
Why you’re studying really hard but still failing
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I studied really hard but still failed. Some variation of this complaint is one of the most common grievances that I hear from students. But what gets me is that they’re dead serious. They have legitimate pain in their voices. It’s …
The optimal 4-step daily shutdown routine for students
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Most things run smoother if they’re routinized. In other words, our mornings are less hectic if we follow a predictable series of events; our weekdays are more productive if, again, we follow another predictable series of events. I suggest that students …
Morning routines for school: Remote learning edition
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Morning routines for school are essential to getting out the door on time – dressed, fed and ready to roll. But school morning routines for remote learning are just as critical to having a successful day – minus the getting out …
10 remote learning tips for parents of early elementary children
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Remote learning has its challenges for all grades and ages. But parents of early elementary-aged children, specifically Kindergarten through second grade, have a unique set of challenges when it comes to navigating remote and hybrid learning. If your child is in …
Sunday planning routine for students – tips for basic school management
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Whether you’re taking online classes, hybrid classes, or full in-person classes, I suggest you establish a Sunday planning routine. What makes this a planning routine for students, and not just for people in general, is that it includes admin / management …