Newsletter: Speak your truth (January 26, 2024)
- Sean McCormick
- Mar 6, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 30
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NOTE: This post is part of a series called "How To Have The Best Semester Yet." Each post is inspired by the course, The Semester Success Blueprint, which is designed for parents or educators to complete alongside students with ADHD or Autism, to help prepare them for a successful school semester. Try a free preview of the course by clicking here.
If you want to go back and read the other posts in this series, click on the links below:
Part 3: How To Have The Best Semester Yet: Learn the art and science of communicating with teachers 📧
Part 4: How To Have The Best Semester Yet (part 3): Breaking Mid-Terms & Finals Into Manageable Chunks 🔨 (coming soon)
How do I get my kid to talk to their teachers? 🤷🏽♀️
I know you've heard it from your student before:
I'll just talk to the teacher in class.
Stop worrying so much -- I've got everything under control.
Just let me take care of this.
Still, the missing assignments pile up, the teacher feedback calls for 'more effort' and you continue nagging to 'help' your student be successful. 😫
But what if there was an easier way? A way that leverages our fundamental and human attraction to simplicity, clarity, and conciseness. 😌
Lucky for you, there is, and you've stumbled upon it.
In an ocean of corporate blogs 🤖 and repetitive and cliche advice, you are about to get the inside scoop from me, Sean!
And after developing this method from my work with hundreds of students and families, I am 100% sure this will benefit you in some way.
Let me show you how.
What is the method?
The method is called PING and it is a structured approach to helping students with anxiety, Autism, and ADHD, communicate their needs effectively with teachers or other authority figures.
What does PING stands for?
Pleasant introduction
Inform and inquire
Negotiate your need
Gratitude for their assistance
What will you learn?
In this article, I am going to show you how to help your student communicate more effectively learning how to:
Set up email templates (save time)
Advocate for their needs (feel confident)
Learn how to negotiate (be flexible)
Other resources
Hope this helps 🤙🏻
P.S. If you want to work on executive function skills with your students, consider joining hundreds of other educators and parents who have completed my Semester Success Blueprint Course. In less than 2 hours, this comprehensive course will teach you and your student the system I developed to help hundreds of students learn how to manage school effectively and raise their self-awareness and engagement with school.
About Me
Hey! I'm Sean 👋
I'm a former public school special education teacher who realized that executive function skills are more important than knowing when George Washington crossed the Potomac.
Since then, I've made it my mission to teach anyone who will listen about how to develop these key life skills.
In 2020, I founded Executive Function Specialists to ensure all students with ADHD and Autism have access to high-quality online executive function coaching services. We offer online EF coaching and courses to help students and families.
Realizing I could only reach so many people through coaching, in 2021 I started the Executive Function Coaching Academy which trains schools, educators, and individuals to learn the key strategies to improve executive function skills for students.
In 2023, I co-founded of UpSkill Specialists, to provide neurodivergent adults with high-quality executive function coaching services.
When not pursuing my passions through work, I love spending time with my family, getting exercise, and growing my brain through reading. You can connect with me on LinkedIn.
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