Executive Functioning Tutoring
The term “executive function” (EF) pertains to the part of the brain that acts as a manager to help orchestrate what the brain is to do, when it does it and how it works collaboratively. It is responsible for planning, organization, time management and the self-regulation of attention, emotion and behaviour. Many students struggle in school because of difficulties with EF. They tend to lose things, struggle to complete work and hand it in, and often have difficulties with written output.
How Can an Executive Function Tutor Help?
Our EF Tutors (student clinicians) are supervised by Registered Psychologists and can help students with homework planning and completion, study skills, organization, time management, written papers and motivation. Their EF tutoring support is individualized and uses a combination of behavioural and technological strategies. Student clinicians are available for both in-person sessions (but don’t see all age groups) and virtual/phone sessions.
In addition to our student clinicians, a Clinical Nurse with specialized EF training also provides executive-function support. Unlike student clinicians, the Clinical Nurse works independently (not under supervision) and provides services exclusively by video conference. No in-person sessions with the Clinical Nurse are offered.
Across both types of providers, the goal of Compass Clinic EF Support is to promote independence in executive functioning for students of all ages and academic achievement levels.
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