Building Executive Functioning Skills May Be the Best Intervention for Increasing Processing Speed.
What does it mean to have a processing speed dysfunction? Do EF skills impact processing speed? Learn how processing speed issues can vary.
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melissamullin
- Aug 9, 2016
- 5 min
Classroom Accommodations
Understanding students educational needs and will help teachers create productive classroom accommodations. There are many types of...
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melissamullin
- Jun 24, 2016
- 2 min
Develop a Growth Mind-Set for Academic Success
Believing that intelligence can grow allows students to learn more. The idea that intelligence is not a fixed trait leads students to...
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melissamullin
- Feb 24, 2016
- 2 min
How Much Time Should Be Spent on Reading Intervention?
Figuring out how much reading help your child needs is stressful. You know your child is behind in reading, but you don’t know the best...
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melissamullin
- Nov 10, 2015
- 4 min
Working Memory and Processing Speed
Working memory skills are used for all learning tasks. A child with weak working memory skills has to work harder than other students to...
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melissamullin
- Apr 30, 2015
- 3 min
“I want to be like him!”
Bryce wants to be like his friend who is excellent at soccer, can memorize anything quickly and always has a witty comment to share. So...
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melissamullin
- Feb 20, 2015
- 4 min
Writing Workshops for Students with High Verbal Skills and Slow Processing Speed
Many parents have written to me in response to my post about the Frustration Profile: High Verbal Skills with Low Processing Speed. ...
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melissamullin
- May 2, 2014
- 3 min
Language Organization Skills Blend Executive Functioning and Language Skills To Help Us Communicate
Language and the ability to share thoughts is a basic skill. Children who struggle to organize their ideas miss many opportunities for...
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melissamullin
- Jan 26, 2014
- 5 min
Do visual learners have more difficulty with language organization than verbal learners?
Visual learners think in images. Verbal learners think primarily in words. Visual learners see the whole picture all at once allowing...
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melissamullin
- Jun 8, 2013
- 3 min
How to Help Your Child Succeed in Middle School
Last week Mrs. Smith came to visit me and discuss her daughter, Sarah. Sarah is in seventh grade and has been struggling all year. Last...
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melissamullin
- May 28, 2013
- 4 min
Executive Functioning Skills: How To Get Your Child To Follow The Plan
The coach comes, plans are made, checklists are created with extensive “TO DOs” and then what? Nothing! Students with executive...
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melissamullin
- Mar 17, 2013
- 1 min
Find your Executive Functioning Strengths and Weakness with our FREE QUIZ
Executive Functioning refers to the skills that help you organize, plan and execute a task. If you would like to discover your own...
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melissamullin
- Feb 22, 2013
- 4 min
Processing Speed Issues Are Challenging at All Ages
Sara is now 22 years old and still struggling with processing speed issues. Here is Sara’s story: "When I was 12 years old, I was...
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melissamullin
- Jan 7, 2013
- 5 min
Mastering Executive Functioning Skills Requires Grit and Resilience
by Melissa Mullin Ph.D. Executive functioning skills enable students to manage their workload and plan for the future. These skills allow...
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melissamullin
- Dec 6, 2012
- 2 min
What Does It Mean To Have Weak Executive Functioning Skills?
Many middle school children have difficulty with executive functioning skills. What does this really mean? For many of the students that...
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melissamullin
- Oct 12, 2012
- 2 min
504 Accommodations: Extra Time on Tests
Brad was a third grader who has struggled with reading since first grade. His teacher shared with his parents that he is easily...
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melissamullin
- Sep 25, 2012
- 2 min
Executive Functioning Workbook
By Melissa Mullin, Ph.D. and Karen Fried, PysD. Planning, organizing and following through on your plans require strong executive...
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melissamullin
- May 19, 2012
- 3 min
Summer and Executive Functioning Skills
Summer is a great time to catch up on material your child may not have mastered during the school year. Teaching reading, writing, or...
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melissamullin
- Mar 10, 2012
- 3 min
Will My Child Always Be Dyslexic?
Research is ongoing regarding the neuro-pathways of our brains and how they can change with time and intervention, so you will get...
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melissamullin
- Oct 24, 2011
- 3 min
The Frustrated Learner
The Frustration Profile article on my blog, which is about students with high verbal skills and weak motor skills, has gotten more hits...
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