Don’t Just Be Accepted to College, Be Ready for Success!
Succeeding independently while in college goes far beyond just getting [...]
Independence, and Why It’s Needed for Success
The need to be independent is something many people tend [...]
Ensuring a Smooth Transition Back to College
If I am capable, why am I having such a [...]
How We Do What We Do
This is a bit harder than I thought… After being [...]
How to Get Started at the College Life Skills Program
Transitioning into adulthood is already hard enough. Between the sudden [...]
Why Young Adults Need to be Able to Manage their Money
It’s okay because I know my parents will always send [...]
Balancing Life in College
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Building Confidence While in College
Well, you’re my parents, why can’t YOU just fix it… [...]
How Our Summer Social Skills Intensive Groups can Help You!
Summer can often be a very social time, or it [...]
Enhancing Motivation in Young Adults
I just don’t ever feel like it…d Amanda found that [...]
Emotional Intelligence and Young Adults: Why This Skill is so Important
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Young Adults and Finishing What Matters
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Avoid Summer Regression with our Weekly Intensive Groups!
Our summer services provide an opportunity for families who do [...]
Preventing Summer Regression in Young Adults
“I’m not doing that! It’s summer!” Adam had spent most [...]
We Can Help You Use the Summer to Prepare for College!
Well, I thought I was ready… Emily felt as if [...]
Maintaining Productivity During the Summer
Productivity it more than just getting things done. It’s being [...]
Self-Advocacy: College Edition
I’ll just deal with it… For one neurodivergent young man, [...]
Difficulties When Transitioning from College to Winter Break
So…am I an adult or not? Last year for winter [...]
Living With Roommates: Why it Can be Difficult for Some Young Adults
I hate sharing a space! For Tommy, going from having [...]
Be Proactive, Not Reactive
I wish I would’ve done something sooner… Mrs. Smith, much [...]
Self-Advocacy, and Why Young Adults Need to Be Able to Do It
I don’t want to be a bother… For Bobby, college [...]
Communicating: Why Young Adults Need to be Able to do It
It’s just easier when I do it… For Bobby, starting [...]
Social Skills and College: Why They Are So Important
It’s just easier on my own… For one young woman, [...]
Executive Functioning and College: Why Are These Skills So Important?
I definitely have time to finish that…I think… For one [...]
Ensuring Young Adults are Ready for College After the Summer
I don’t want to go back! For one young woman, [...]
Broken Executive Functioning Skills
Excuses, excuses, excuses. As a parent, one mother feels like [...]
Being Prepared for Life Before, During, and After College
Woah…that’s a lot of responsibility… For one young man, college [...]
Working Memory
What was that again…? For one neurodivergent young man, every [...]
Self-Advocacy: College Edition
I’ll just deal with it… For one neurodivergent young man, [...]
Self-Monitoring: College Edition
I can’t, I’m too stressed out… For one neurodivergent young [...]
Preventing Neurodivergent Young Adults from Becoming Isolated
I just don’t want to leave… For one neurodivergent young [...]
Ensuring Young Adults are Making the Most of Their Weekends
Does it really matter? For one neurodivergent young woman, she [...]
Ensuring Young Adults are Properly Able to Manage Technology Usage
It should be fine, right? For one neurodivergent young man, [...]
Helping Neurodivergent Young Adults Have Confidence in Social Situations
But I’m just so nervous… For one neurodivergent young woman, [...]
Ensuring Neurodivergent Young Adults Have Adult Level Conversational Skills
But what if I say something I shouldn’t? When [...]
Ensuring Neurodivergent Young Adults are Respecting Boundaries
But I want to know… One neurodivergent young man [...]
Helping Neurodivergent Young Adults Participate in Groups
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Helping Neurodivergent Young Adults Maintain Hygiene
But I just have too much to do… For [...]
Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria in Neurodivergent Individuals
But what if I get rejected… For one neurodivergent [...]
Helping Neurodivergent Young Adults Avoid Risky Behavior
But I want to fit in… For one neurodivergent [...]
Helping Neurodivergent Young Adults Manage Change
I just can’t handle it… For one neurodivergent young [...]
Screen Addiction: College Edition
Five more minutes… For one neurodivergent young man, managing [...]
How to Use Free Time Productively: College Edition
It can wait… For one neurodivergent young woman, utilizing [...]
Self-Advocacy: College Edition
I’ll just deal with it… For one neurodivergent young man, [...]
Shifting: College Edition
There’s just too much going on… For one neurodivergent young [...]
Self-Monitoring: College Edition
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Planning and Organizing: College Edition
Wait, where was that paper again? For one neurodivergent young [...]
Task Completion: College Edition
It’ll probably get done… For one neurodivergent young woman, task [...]
What is the College Life Skills Program?
How do I help my neurodivergent young adult? This is [...]
Inhibition: College Edition
Five more minutes won’t hurt… For one neurodivergent young woman, [...]
Working Memory: College Edition
What was that again…? For one neurodivergent young man, every [...]
The Importance of Time Management: College Edition
I’ve got time… For one young woman, this was her [...]
Executive Functioning Skillset: College Edition
But life was so easy in high school, For one [...]
Regulating Emotions and Behaviors: College Edition
Angry, sad, excited… For one young man, college was filling [...]
Communication: College Edition
But what if I say the wrong thing? For one [...]
Practicing Independence While Back at Home: College Edition
Home sweet home. For one young man, finally coming home [...]
Staying Motivated: College Edition
But I don’t really feel like it… For one young [...]
Emotional Intelligence: College Edition
For one young woman, identifying emotions was never her strong [...]
Maintaining Health and Hygiene: College Edition
Messy, messy, messy… After one young man went off to college, [...]
Memorial Day 2023
Although we are closed for Memorial Day, we at the [...]
The Value of Having Confidence: College Edition
Nothing feels right… For one young woman who is trying [...]
Adult-Style Social Skills: College Edition
But I don’t know anyone… As one young man transitions [...]
Academic and Social Summer Slide : College Edition
But it’s summer… After all the exams, papers, and final things [...]
School-Work-Life Balance: College Edition
Maybe next week… As one young woman finds all her [...]
Effective Time Management: College Edition
Homework, a job, chores… For one young man, he had a [...]
Knowing When to Say No: College Edition
Party, going out, dinner with friends… For one young woman, [...]
Understanding Adult- Level Money Management: College Edition
Freedom. What does that mean to one young man? To [...]
Learning How to Share a Space with Others: College Edition
People, people, people. That’s all one young woman can think [...]
Navigating Social Boundaries: College Edition
Curiosity. That’s what a young man felt as he sat [...]
Reading Body Language: College Edition
Nothing… That’s all a young woman comprehends as she sits [...]
Dealing with Conflict: College Edition
A shirt here, a shoe there, a plate still in [...]
Broken Executive Functioning: College Edition
Excuses, excuses, excuses. As a parent, one mother feels like [...]
Accepting Success and Failure: College Edition
Uh oh, What had started as a fun game has [...]
Managing Time on Your Own: College Edition
Being able to properly manage time when in college is [...]
The Challenges of Staying Motivated: College Edition
Finding motivation when in college can be harder than most anticipate. With [...]
Providing the Social Skills that Schools Just Can’t: College Edition
When growing up, kids are just kind of expected to learn how [...]
The Challenges of Managing your Own Money: College Edition
When in college, managing yourself responsibly can be difficult, especially [...]
The Challenges of Personal and Environmental Hygiene: College Edition
Maintaining a clean environment when in college can be difficult. With all [...]
Utilizing a Gap Year to Its Fullest Potential
After high school, not everyone wants to jump into college. [...]
Organizational Maturity: College Edition
As we get older, the things we consider important to [...]
Monitoring All That Needs To be Done: College Edition
Being able to keep track of a task as you [...]
Planning and Organization: College Edition
Planning and staying organized are two fundamental skills young adults [...]
Working Memory: College Edition
Working memory when in college is important because it not [...]
Initiation: College Edition
When it comes to college living, having the ability to [...]
Regulating Our Emotions: College Edition
Regulating emotions not only helps a person to be able to [...]
Emotional Control: College Edition
Emotions in a place like college can be intense. Some days [...]
Cognitive Shifting: College Edition
College comes with a lot of change. From potentially moving [...]
Regulating Behavior: College Edition
Being able to control our behavior in a situation such [...]
The Importance of Self-Monitoring: College Edition
It’s no secret that life can seem overwhelming. At times, we can feel [...]
The Importance of Inhibition: College Edition
When it comes to goal setting, planning, controlling impulses, etc., [...]
Importance of Executive Functioning-Summary: College Edition
When transitioning into independent life, managing what feels like the [...]
The Values of Implementing Adult Social Skills: College Edition
Adult social skills before, during, and after college are needed [...]
Non-Verbal Communication: College Edition
When addressing the topic of non-verbal communication in this article, [...]
Making and Respecting Boundaries: College Edition
Understanding boundaries is one of the most essential social skills [...]
The Hidden Curriculum: College Edition
Although we are not born with them, social skills are [...]
Understanding Body Language: College Edition
Body language, although not verbal, is a form of communication. [...]
Understanding the Thoughts and Intentions of Others: College Edition
Part of socializing effectively is being able to put yourself [...]
Social Skills: College Edition
Socializing is one of the best parts of college. It [...]
Failure to Launch: Why Parents Should Be Aware
More factors send young adults into “Failure to Launch” than [...]
Social Skills – College Edition
Socializing is something society does constantly, whether it be verbally [...]
Utilizing Proper Executive Functioning-College Edition
Developing Executive Functioning Skills is a way to dramatically reduce [...]
Regulating our Thoughts, Emotions and Actions-College Edition
Emotions. They are a powerful thing. One simple switch can [...]
Tackling Anxiety/Fear
Young adults are expected to make life-changing decisions from a [...]
Avoiding Failure to Launch
After graduating from college, you are filled with a mix [...]
College Version: Organizing your Summer
Summer break. It’s the time to see the friends and [...]
Understanding Privacy and Boundaries
Sharing information with others is how we get to know [...]
Why Self-Advocacy is Needed in College
College is one of the only places you truly get [...]
Making and Maintaining Friendships: College Student Edition
Friendship is a building block for social life. Some have [...]
Understanding When to Say No, College Student Version
Freedom is one of the main things people look forward [...]
Taking Charge of Your Fears
Fear. For some, it is something that drives them, but [...]
Making Goals Become a Reality
Getting what is considered your first “real job” is one [...]
Prioritizing the Important Things in Life
Trying to find a balance in life is harder than [...]
How Isolation Affects College Students
Isolation, especially in this day in age, is common amongst [...]
Never Fear Help
Admitting you need help is always said to be the [...]
Safe Technology Usage
Technology is all around us. From automated helplines that can [...]
It is Okay to Not be Okay
As society evolves, so does its understanding and acceptance of [...]
Becoming a Better Group Participant
Working in groups is something people typically integrate into their [...]
Organization is Key
Becoming a more organized person is a resolution on many people's [...]
Communication is Key
Awkward conversation is something everyone experiences. Whether it be small [...]
Managing Anxiety
Anxiety seems to be plaguing the youth more than ever [...]
Understanding Money Balance
Getting your first “adult” paycheck is one of the most [...]
All Goals Matter, No Matter How Small
Goals. Everyone has them. Whether it be a five-year-old dreaming [...]
Why to Not be Afraid of Independence
Becoming an independent adult is one of the most difficult [...]
The Importance of Screen Time in Moderation
Technology. Practically everyone this day and age uses it. You [...]
Ensuring a Happy and Healthy Transition Into College
A child’s well being is more often than not a [...]
Prioritize
Write It Down Covey Organization doesn’t only refer to our [...]
Drop Out Rates in 2021
Every individual has something that makes them unique in a [...]
Paper and Paperless Storage
We all have those pieces of paper we keep around [...]
Organizing Your Inbox
If your email inbox is cluttered or unorganized, it can [...]
Organization in Your Work Area
Organization at school, home, or work is a great tool [...]
Improving Motivation
Improving Motivation Goals can be inspiring, but that inspiration can [...]
Discipline is the Key to Stay Organized
Discipline is the Key to Stay Organized Stay Within Your [...]
Avoid the Causes of Disorganization
Sometimes getting organized means more than just making sure everything [...]
Smart Goals
Smart Goals If you or your children cannot achieve your [...]
Increase Your Productivity
Increase Your Productivity Key concepts for you and your young [...]
To Do List Characteristics
“To Do” List Characteristics “To do” lists are staples in [...]
Tips for Completing Tasks
It is easy to begin tasks, but, completing them is [...]
Wise Time Management
Time management is the key to getting things done. It [...]
Improving Motivation
Improving Motivation “Tools” for both parents and their children Improving [...]
All People Can Achieve Their Goals by Preparing Effectively
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