- AD/HD Parent Support Group
- Learning Strategies Workshop for 4th, 5th, and 6th Graders
- Summer Programs
- Executive Functions Workshop
- Writer's Workshop
- College Essay Bootcamp
- Individualized Executive Functions Coaching and Academic Tutoring
Let's face it—Being a parent is a stressful job. But being the parent of a child with ADHD means added pressure from managing the impulsivity, distractibility, and inattention. The Southfield Center Parent Support Group is here to help.
Our group is facilitated by psychologist Dr. MaryJean MacDonald. Participants decide topics, and navigate the social, educational, and emotional world of their child's ADHD through collaboration and support from other parents.
Program Details:
Sessions start April 10
Bi-weekly meetings on Tuesday evenings
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Program Fee: $400 for eight sessions (per individual, or per couple)
For more information, or to register, please contact Mike Brouse, 203-202-7654 ext. 110, mike.brouse@southfieldcenter.com
The Southfield Center Learning Strategies Workshop offers students the opportunity to learn study strategies and executive functions skills, and apply them to homework/school projects, in a quiet, supportive environment.
Our instructors will foster independent learning by encouraging organization, planning, and personal goal setting.
Program Details:
- Six weeks (3/27, 4/3, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8)
- Tuesdays, 4 pm – 5 pm
- Maximum of five children per workshop
- All sessions facilitated by an experienced executive functions coach
- A Learning Styles Assessment will be given for each child
- Program fee: $300
What does a session look like?
- Each session begins with an action plan to identify goals and prioritize assignments
- Each week the students will learn a new skill that can be immediately applied to their current assignments, including: organization skills, time management, memorization, note-taking, and self-awareness
- Time is then devoted to working on individual homework assignments or school projects.
- Each session ends with a self-assessment of progress
For more information, or to register, please contact Kitty Hickey, 203-202-7654 ext 126, kitty.hickey@southfieldcenter.com
Give your child a jump-start on the next school year with our educational summer programs.
Executive Functions Workshop
July 9 – 27, Monday/Wednesday/Friday
10 am – Noon
Program Fee: $800
Designed for middle school students, our three week workshop will help students improve their executive functioning, through focused work on self-awareness, attention, self-regulation, self-monitoring, and goal-persistence. A new skill will be addressed in each session, and students will have the opportunity for practical application. Maximum of eight students per workshop
Writer's Workshop
July 9 – 20, Monday – Friday
10 am – Noon
Program Fee: $700
This two-week program will help middle school students learn and execute the basics of writing. Using the Writer's Workshop model, each session will feature a didactic mini-lesson followed by an opportunity for students to practice skill development through peer share, guided discussion, and think-alouds.
College Essay Bootcamp
Available July and August
Program Fee: $900
There's no better time than the summer to get that college essay done. From brainstorming to final editing, students work one-on-one with an experienced educator to ensure a creative, personal, and powerful essay. Our skilled instructors will integrate skills such as planning, organization, and time management into the writing process. The program fee includes five individualized sessions, flexible scheduling throughout the summer.
Individualized Executive Functions Coaching and Academic Tutoring
Executive Functions Coaching
Executive functioning is a set of mental operations which enable an individual to disengage from the immediate context and control behavior, emotions and cognition in line with task demands and future goals. Executive functions include: inhibition, shifting attention, task initiation, working memory, planning, organization and self-monitoring. An executive functioning deficit may manifest as becoming easily distracted, forgetting to write down assignments, having difficulty getting started on tasks, and ultimately, feeling overwhelmed and performing inconsistently. Executive functions coaches evaluate a student's level of functioning and implement interventions designed to improve emotional, behavioral and cognitive control by shaping behaviors and helping students develop compensatory skills and strategies. The ultimate goal of executive functions coaching is to provide support that will foster independent learning. $120/hr at the Center, $140/hr at your home.
We offer academic tutoring for students in grades K-12. Subject areas include: language arts, writing, math, science, social studies, history, and Spanish. In addition to being experts in their field, our experienced tutors are required to complete a basic executive functions training. This enables our team to recognize students' unique learning profiles and foster independence by teaching effective learning techniques. $90/hr at Center, $115/hr at your home
For more information or to register for one of our summer programs, please contact: Kitty Hickey, at 203-202-7654 or kitty.hickey@southfieldcenter.com
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