Different Skill Notebook

Flexible Parenting  Strategies    Welcome to the Different Skill Notebook! We have a very special guest today Paula Mancino. Paula is an extraordinary client, an amazing teacher, writer, editor, and supermom.  Her message today is as parents we need to have skills that our child needs to acquire and build. If we have the same weakness or fail to acknowledge our skill limits our parenting is hamper...

Consistency in Parenting to Increase Learning!   Welcome to the different skill notebook podcast! Today we have a special guest Samantha Salver, LCSW. Samantha is one of the Social Mind Center fabulous team members she leads social groups, provides individual counseling, organized thinking coaching (executive function), and independent living coaching.  Our smart conversation today is on the impor...

The Words to Express Your Thoughts, Ideas and Feelings Welcome to the different skill notebook an equipping tool teaching social-emotional learning. We will be focusing on the skill of building language. If I say to you please finish this statement I am ___________. How would you define yourself? However, you answered the question know that you are wonderfully made. Your child is wonderfully made....

  FLEX  OR  STRESS!   Welcome! to the different skill notebook! We are continuing with our series on executive function skills focusing on cognitive flexibility. This is such an important skill during this time of continual change. Change can bring on stress, especially when we are not leading the changes. That being said, adaptability is essential right now in order for us to be fruitful during t...

Learning Spaces & Schedules   This academic school year is so uncertain for so many families. In the past two weeks, I have spoken to several parents that are struggling to make a decision regarding schooling this Fall. My advice is to prepare the aspects that are within your control such as preparing your home for back to school. Focus on setting up an encouraging and supportive learning environm...

Cognitive Flexibility: Flexing your Brain to Learn    Welcome to the different skill notebook podcast! These are different times requiring different tools and skills.  In this episode, we will define cognitive flexibility an executive function skill that allows one to move freely from one situation to another and to think flexibly in order to respond appropriately to the situation.  helps us to su...

Self-Control Skills   When there is a skill weakness in the executive function skill category it impacts learning and overall ability to achieve goals. It is important to identify in which skills group in this category is impacted in order to have a targeted equipping. Typically executive function skills are viewed as organizational and planning abilities. This skill group encompasses several ment...

What is the different skill notebook?    Thinking back to when you were in high school or college did you have a classmate that took amazing notes. They loved their notes and took so much time to make the notes look like work of art. Interestingly enough there are several blogs on tumbler on journaling.  Where individuals share their amazing journals and lists. The different skill notebook is my n...