Could more gen ed teachers be educated on specialized instructional techniques? With increasing rates of mental health issues and learning difficulties, this seems like a place to start?
Katie, thank you for this piece that breaks down the issue most families run into when engaging an EF Coach. It doesn't work in a vacuum and is best paired with targeted academic support!
An EF coach that doesn’t have educational experience is generally where things fall flat. EF coaching is incredibly powerful, but a person who lacks academic expertise can fall flat. In fact, it’s why the best EF coaches aren’t mental health practitioners, but successful special educators. Thanks for writing this as many mental health practitioners are afraid to pull this curtain back on the industry.
Good point. Also you’re reminding me to distinguish between EF coaching and organizational skills training. The latter is a well supported intervention modality to improve ADLs in people with ADHD and related disorders. EF coaching needs no formal training and it’s totally unregulated and poorly defined; OST is administered by a specially trained, licensed mental health clinician.
Could more gen ed teachers be educated on specialized instructional techniques? With increasing rates of mental health issues and learning difficulties, this seems like a place to start?
Sure, though I think the best tier 1 solution is a designated study skills class in middle school! (See my last post!)
Katie, thank you for this piece that breaks down the issue most families run into when engaging an EF Coach. It doesn't work in a vacuum and is best paired with targeted academic support!
An EF coach that doesn’t have educational experience is generally where things fall flat. EF coaching is incredibly powerful, but a person who lacks academic expertise can fall flat. In fact, it’s why the best EF coaches aren’t mental health practitioners, but successful special educators. Thanks for writing this as many mental health practitioners are afraid to pull this curtain back on the industry.
Good point. Also you’re reminding me to distinguish between EF coaching and organizational skills training. The latter is a well supported intervention modality to improve ADLs in people with ADHD and related disorders. EF coaching needs no formal training and it’s totally unregulated and poorly defined; OST is administered by a specially trained, licensed mental health clinician.