By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Many high school students have a free period during the school day. This time is often called a study, a WIN block, or even an academic support period.* Whatever your school calls it, it’s a chunk of time during the day …
For parents: How to help your child manage high school, Part 2
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
20 organization tips for online learning
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. The learning piece of online learning and hybrid learning is hard enough. That’s the side of things that’s cognitively demanding, that requires focus and thinking and studying and work. But that learning piece becomes so much harder when you’re not organized …
10 tips for remote learning and hybrid learning for students
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Remote learning and hybrid learning have their challenges, particularly for students who have never taken online classes. Remote and hybrid learning also require that students more independently manage their work, systems, and discipline. For many students, this is not easy. Below …
How to do hard things: 6 tips for completing difficult tasks
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post about how to do hard things is one of many resources in my anti-procrastination series. I’ve included links to the other resources throughout this post and at the end. Every post in this anti-procrastination series begins with a list …