10 Practical Strategies to Help Your Children Improve Their Executive Function Skills: How to Plan; Organize; Initiate & Complete Tasks; Manage Time; Self-Regulate; Be Flexible; and More

Thursday, April 4 10 a.m.-noon, Wilton Library

Licensed clinical psychologist Mary Murphy PhD, LACD and psychotherapist Elizabeth Driscoll Jorgensen, CADC will explain the complex topics of executive function and working memory–crucial aspects of a child’s ability to succeed in school and with everyday tasks. They will emphasize how you can assist your child in developing and implementing helpful strategies.

Children and teens with Executive Function deficits have difficulties managing time constructively; setting goals appropriately; controlling emotional and behavioral impulses; prioritizing; sustaining attention; planning and organizing; starting tasks and following through; self-regulating; and making mature judgments regarding right & wrong and cause & effect.

In readily understandable terms, Dr. Mary Murphy and Elizabeth Jorgensen will explain the complex topics of executive function and working memory – crucial aspects of a child’s ability to be successful in school and with everyday tasks – with an emphasis on how parents can assist them in developing and implementing helpful strategies.

Licensed clinical psychologist Mary Murphy specializes in counseling, executive function and academic coaching, psychological testing, psychotherapy, and biofeedback. Her counseling practice focuses on helping children and adolescents affected by mood disorders, neurological conditions, and substance use. Dr. Murphy’s unique training and clinical experience allows her to look at patients through multiple relevant lenses to evaluate the impact that emotional symptoms, learning/cognitive issues, medical conditions and/or substance use may have on their ability to reach their true potential in school. Dr. Murphy completed advanced fellowship training at the Yale School of Medicine. She currently is a professor at Westconn.

Psychotherapist Elizabeth Driscoll Jorgensen has over two decades of experience specializing in adolescent psychotherapy and substance abuse counseling. The recipient of a 1994 Congressional Award for her work, Ms. Jorgensen is a recognized expert in engaging resistant teens and motivating them to change, a consultant to independent schools and agencies, and a popular speaker on parenting pre-teens and teenagers.

Registration information will be available soon–visit the Wilton Library website.

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