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Independent Functioning Skills
Independent Functioning Skills are critical to the life-long independence all children need. I can help train your child and you how to be more independent and self-sufficient. I focus on:
Self-help skills (toileting, bathing, eating, dressing, hair care including cuts)
Community Skills (desensitizing to restaraunts, public restrooms, movie theaters, playgrounds
Custom-made program to address issues valuable to you
Social Skills Training
Social Skills Training is useful for any child that has social or communication miscues. Every child can learn how to interact appropriately by breaking down a social or communication miscue in tiny segments so that they are successful and can then move forward with guidance. By practicing various situations emphasizing social skills, you will help your child learn how to handle social environments by teaching them how to play and how to communicate. The goal of a successful social skills program is to help teach the child how to help themselves in social situations.
Executive Function
Executive Function Skills coaching is tremendously helpful for students that have difficulty planning, organizing and managing time and space. The focus is on the 8 domains of executive functioning:
Inhibit
Shifting
Emotional control
Initiation
Working memory
Planning and organizing
Monitoring
Lessons will teach strategies to help the student :
Select appropriate goals for task
Plan and organize an approach to problem-solving
Initiate a plan
Inhibit distractions
Maintain goal focus
Be flexible in new approaches
Goal assessment
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