Summer is when progress continues.
Summer Executive Functioning Sessions
Every summer, the shift can feel bigger than expected. What starts as “a break” can quickly turn into late nights, too much screen time, slipping routines, and constant reminders from you just to keep things on track. And even the things that feel important - summer assignments, passion projects, goals - keep getting pushed off. Outside of camps or vacations, the days can feel unstructured… and it often falls on parents to try to hold it all together.
Our Summer Executive Functioning Sessions are designed to build that structure. By utilizing EF skills, we teach them how to manage their time, follow through on what matters, and take ownership of their days so that things feel more manageable for everyone.
education around EF topics + the tools, strategies, and skills to move through their summer with more independence and less conflict at home
All of your questions answered…
How is this like what you do during the school year?
During the school year, we use Encompass’ core methodology: EFCT. We provide psycho-education to help our students understand how and why their brains work like they do, alongside developing the five essential executive functioning (EF) skills that foster academic success.
Task Awareness: Identifying tools and routines to keep up with all of their school work and deadlines.
Prioritization: Helping them to name the value of their work whether that be grades or otherwise.
Breaking it Down: Identifying multistep tasks (think projects, essays, studying, etc) and breaking them down into manageable components of task and time.
Organizing Time & Environments: Developing routines to manage their time as well as identifying the best environments to both work and rest.
Flexible Thinking - Reflecting without Judgment: Goal setting and reflection strategies to help support their motivation and keep the anxiety low.
The value of these skills extends far beyond academics. That’s why our Summer EF Services focus on reinforcing these same skills outside the classroom.
How do you teach these skills during the summer?
Using our methodology, EFCT, we teach the same five essential EF skills during the summer when their tasks are less clear, their time less structured, and their goals less obvious.
Task awareness: Identifying tools and routines to keep up with what they actually want to do this summer, including rest and hobbies and friends and video games.
Prioritization: Helping them to name the value of those tasks, whether it’s about what they want to do (go swimming and scroll) or what’s expected of them (summer homework and chores).
Breaking it Down: Identifying multistep tasks (think chores, hobbies, studying for the SAT, etc) and breaking them down into manageable components of task and time.
Organizing Time & Environments: Developing routines to manage their time as well as identifying the best environments to both work and rest.
Flexible Thinking - Reflecting without Judgment: Goal setting and reflection strategies to help support their motivation and keep the anxiety low.
Your teen will leave each session having gained psycho-education around these topics as well as identified the tools, strategies, and skills to move through their summer with more focus and less conflict at home.
But what if they have camp or we are traveling?
That’s okay, we understand! We know that summer is a busy time and that is why we schedule our sessions around your summer travel, camps, and other commitments.
BUT I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS!
We’re happy to answer all of your questions and would love to talk to you! Email us at contact@encompassefct.com or schedule a call with us.