Building better brains: How improving executive functioning skills fosters academic success
with Dr. Sharon Saline
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What you will learn during this interview…
From staying organized and keeping track of deadlines, to staying focused in class and resisting the temptation to put off assignments until the last minute, students’ executive functions skills play an enormously important role in their ability to earn good grades in school. Dr. Sharon Saline is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and top expert in how ADHD and executive function challenges affect children, teens and families. Join us to discover…
- Exactly what executive functioning skills are, and why they are so critical to the learning process…especially for high school & college students.
- The biggest misunderstandings parents have about their teens’ executive functioning challenges
- What parents can do NOW to help support and improve students’ executive functioning skills as they prepare to transition to life in college
About Your Speaker
Dr. Sharon Saline
Sharon Saline, Psy.D. a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice, is a top expert in how ADHD, learning disabilities and mental health issues affect children, teens and families. Dr. Saline has worked extensively with schools on mental health issues in the classroom, interpreting psychological evaluations and improving teacher/parent communication. As an internationally sought-after lecturer, workshop facilitator, and clinician/educator trainer, she expertly addresses topics ranging from the teen brain to working with different kinds of learners to bullying prevention.
Her unique perspective, namely growing up in a household with a sibling who wrestled with untreated ADHD, combined with decades of clinical experience, assists her in guiding families as they navigate the confusing maze of information, emotions, stress and conflict related to ADHD. She helps them appreciate the positive aspects of living with ADHD and create successful dialogues, interventions and connections. Dr. Saline funnels this expertise into her forthcoming book, What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life. She lives with her family in Northampton, MA.
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