Collaborative Minds Blog
Education to empower your mental health journey.
How Your Child Learns Might Be Impacting Their Self-Esteem (And What You Can Do to Help!)
Adolescence is a challenging time, marked by rapid physical, emotional, and social changes. For kids and teens with learning disabilities (LD) and deficits in executive functioning (EF), these challenges can become even more complex, affecting their self-esteem in profound ways. Keep reading to learn more about how your child's learning challenges can impact their confidence and what you can do to support them.
Back to School and Overwhelmed with Assignments? Steal My Hack to Help Get Organized
I think everyone can agree that one of the most difficult parts about being a student is keeping track of everything for all of your classes; between homework assignments, projects, exams, and more, it can start to feel really overwhelming (Raise your hand if you’ve ever walked into a class and said, “Wait, that was due TODAY?” 🙋) This can be especially daunting if you’re someone who struggles with anxiety, depression, ADD/ADHD, or other executive functioning disorders. Keep reading to hear what I did to help get myself organized and ultimately set myself up for academic success.
5 Tips for College Success
Are you going off to college in the next couple of weeks? Here’s a list of things you can do to get ready.