From Overwhelmed to Organized: Visual Systems to Strengthen Executive Skills

​Procrastination, missing deadlines, and meltdowns often seem to be symptoms of a lack of motivation, but they are more usually the result of skill gaps. The abilities needed to start tasks, to use working memory, and to manage time are skills that can be learned — most people have never acquired them.

​Jason Pergament—who is an educator, the founder of Onward Rising, and a member of the Advisory Board for executive function certification—will explain why it is difficult to follow through on things and what truly develops lasting executive function skills.

​What we'll cover:

• ​The 8 executive function domains — and why "just try harder" was never going to fix any of them

• ​Why a visible plan beats a plan held in your head: externalizing tasks, time, and priorities frees up working memory for the work itself

• ​What Jason has learned coaching hundreds of families: the tools that stick are built around how a brain organizes information, not around willpower

• ​A live demo: turning that "visible system" idea into an actual xTiles workspace

​You'll leave with:

• ​A clear explanation for why willpower-based advice keeps failing — for you or your kids

• ​A concrete way to think about which of the 8 EF domains you're actually stuck on

• ​A visual xTiles setup you can copy and adapt the same day

​Free to attend. Live Q&A included.