Executive Functioning, Organization, Planning and Time Management.

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 The most frequently encountered learning problem deals with organization, planning and time management issues. Diablo Valley Educational Therapy develops individual learning plans through collaboration with students. Collaboration of Diablo Valley Educational Therapy and students can be initiated once the student develops a personal and unique understanding of their own brain skills that help them get things done. Students are guided to develop awareness regarding how they think. Once Diablo Valley Educational Therapy and the student begin the process of self-awareness, the student, parents and teachers can set realistic goals for the student's academic output. Diablo Valley Educational Therapy collaborates with key members of the student's learning team involved with academic, social and emotional goals. Psychoeducational assessments are used to identify thinking strengths and weaknesses. Strengths identified in assessments are leveraged to remediate learning problems.

Developing self-awareness of the thinking process on how things get done is the gate opener for student participation in prioritization, planning initiating, sustaining and completing academic tasks. Beginners in self-awareness start with basic functions of successful students. Diablo Valley Educational Therapy helps students implement systems to support them in getting basic academic outputs completed, like homework. Once basic student systems are in place to complete day-to-day tasks, Diablo Valley Educational Therapy works with them to develop skills and routines required to accomplish more complex tasks. These tasks include studying for tests, writing essays, completing projects, or collaborating with peers on large assignments.                                                                

The highest level of organization, planning and time management is the completion of long-term projects. The student and Diablo Valley Educational Therapy collaborate in developing project plans that intersect and integrate with homework and test taking routines. With practice and support from Diablo Valley Educational Therapy, teachers and parents, the student develops valuable life skills that enable them to be successful academically and in their future career paths, by being lifelong learners.