This workshop explores how executive functions—the brain’s “coaching staff”—help students plan, focus, and follow through on tasks.

Using real-life case studies, we look at how challenges in executive functioning often reflect difficulties in performance, not intelligence or motivation. This session highlights how stress impacts these skills and how creating a shared, supportive language can make a big difference. Staff and faculty members will walk away with practical tools and strategies to help students build independence and confidence in managing their learning.

Organizing by Fairfield Wellness & the DiMenna-Nyselius Library. Presented by Sasco River Center, a multidisciplinary practice that has served more than 8,000 children, adolescents and young adults across Fairfield County (and statewide via telehealth). Our team brings together licensed psychologists, therapists, coaches.