Academic Coaching

Trains students to develop their executive skills so they can become independent and successful individuals both in school and out there in the world.

Are You a Tutor, Learning Specialist, or Therapist Supporting Students with Executive Function Challenges?

The Executive Edge is an exceptional program that will train you to become an executive function coach. It is based on Mr. Mizrahi's highly successful method, which has transformed the lives of hundreds of students for the past fifteen years. 

Executive functions can be understood through twelve cognitive skills: time management, planning, organization, prioritizing, focus, task initiation, working memory, flexibility, persistence, self-awareness, impulse control, and emotional regulation. By utilizing these skills, you can coach and guide students toward developing study skills, setting and achieving goals, improving their self-awareness, and fostering resilience.

The Executive Edge program was designed to equip educators and therapists with the framework, tools, and strategies to develop skills for underperforming students immediately. Whether you work as a tutor, therapist, or learning center specialist, your work is crucial to helping students understand how to be productive and overcome the blockage of underdeveloped executive function deficits. The Executive Edge course will help you make an impact in your students' lives.

How does it work?

The program enables individuals with busy schedules to advance their careers as executive function coaches through our comprehensive online modules, which include mini-lessons, help desk support, student workbooks, and live masterclasses. Moreover, upon fulfilling the practicum requirements, participants will receive a certificate of completion recognizing their achievement as executive function coaches.

What makes this program different? 

The Executive Edge is outstanding for several reasons. Firstly, it enables therapists and educators to retain and attract students of all ages who seek assistance addressing academic and personal challenges involving executive function deficits. Secondly, this course encapsulates almost two decades of training and experience working with students with EFs deficits and testing what is effective and what is not. Many online tools and strategies do not effectively support students in today's learning environment. Applying the Executive Edge method in your sessions, however, will effectively assist your students in becoming independent learners.

This course was developed by Benjamin Mizrahi, an award-winning special educator with almost twenty years of experience assisting students with executive function deficits. It is designed for committed practitioners eager to learn and advance their careers in working with students.

Masterclasses

In addition to the online modules, workbooks, and help desk services, Benjamin Mizrahi also offers live masterclasses. These virtual meetings will be recorded and made available to those who cannot attend. Each one of those masterclasses will focus on a different aspect of working as an executive functions coach. Below is a list of the topics covered in each masterclass through January 2025:

➤ Structuring the sessions, helping students identify how they learn, and mapping their executive skills.

➤ Understand the difference between studying and learning, reviewing and previewing, and passive and active learning.

➤ Identify the reasons why we procrastinate and how to explain it to students. Strategize leveraging students’ strengths to address the gaps created by executive function deficits.  

➤ Identify why students avoid using the planner, what the alternative is, how to deal with getting overwhelmed, manage time effectively, and keep school work under control while becoming independent and earning good grades.

➤ Study Smart, Not Hard – What can we do about forgetting what we learn and how to eliminate boredom even for tough subjects? 

➤ How to ace tests without stress while increasing achievement.

➤ Identify emotions related to everyday school interactions and manage them constructively to enhance personal development and friendships. 

Benjamin Mizrahi

Benjamin Mizrahi, a behavior specialist, works with parents, teens, and teachers on enhancing the skills that help us achieve our goals and regulate our behavior.

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