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Parenting Children with Executive Functioning Challenges

Exhausted by constant reminders? Frustrated by homework battles? Overwhelmed by your child's emotional reactions?

At the Colorado Center for Assessment, our specialized parenting workshop provides practical, evidence-based strategies for supporting children who struggle with organization, time management, planning, and emotional regulation.

Your Parenting Challenges, Solved

Without effective parenting support:

  • Your child needs constant reminders for basic tasks and routines
  • Homework becomes a nightly battle of frustration and tears
  • Transitions trigger meltdowns and resistance
  • Your child’s backpack, bedroom, and workspace remain in constant chaos
  • You feel like you’re nagging constantly, damaging your relationship
  • Traditional parenting advice doesn’t work for your differently-wired child

Who This Workshop Is For

This program is designed for parents of children ages 5-15 who struggle with:

  • Organization and materials management
  • Time awareness and management
  • Planning and prioritizing tasks
  • Starting and completing work
  • Maintaining focus and attention
  • Managing emotions and impulses
  • Transitioning between activities
  • Following multi-step directions

Beneficial for parents of children with:

  • ADHD
  • Autism spectrum characteristics
  • Learning differences
  • Anxiety
  • Twice-exceptional profiles
  • Executive functioning challenges without a formal diagnosis

Workshop Format

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Small Group Setting

Limited to 4 families to ensure personalized attention

Interactive Learning

Blend of instruction, discussion, and hands-on practice

Take-Home Resources

Weekly handouts, templates, and tools to implement at home

Workshop Details

4-Week Program Overview

Weeks 1 and 2: Understanding Diagnosis and How Your Child’s Brain Works

  • Executive functioning challenges and how these translate into behavior at home
  • Knowing what is diagnosis vs. other behavior in order to make informed parenting decisions
  • Learning techniques to strengthen your child’s executive functioning

Week 3: Crash Course in Behavior Management

  • Learning how to analyze your child’s behavior to understand the “why”
  • Developing strategies to decrease undesired behavior and increased desired behavior
  • Empowering you to learn how your response to behavior can make it more or less likely to occur in the future

Week 4: Intensive Q & A

  • Question and answer session to dive deep into your specific concerns and personal situation
  • Feedback on how to implement the strategies learned in previous weeks
  • Strategize future support for you and your family

Meet Your Workshop Leader

Kelley Schuler, MA, LPC, BCBA

  • Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology
  • Board Certified Behavior Analyst
  • Licensed Professional Counselor in State of Colorado
  • Over 16 years of experience in behavioral therapy
  • Therapeutic Strengths: Applied Behavior Analysis (Discrete Trial Training
    and Pivotal Response Training), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Positive
    Behavior Support
  • Training in evidence-based techniques including Antecedent Based
    Interventions, Visual Supports, Prompting, Functional Communication Training, Reinforcement, Parent-Implemented Instruction, Extinction,
    Picture Exchange Communication System, and many others

Registration Information

Upcoming Session Dates:

  • May 17th, 14th, 21st, and 28th

Schedule: Weekly 90-minute sessions, offered evenings from 5 – 6:30 pm

Location: In person at the Colorado Center for Assessment @ 3500 John F. Kennedy Pkwy, Suite 200, Fort Collins, CO 80525

Investment: $350 for the 4-week program, including all materials

Registration Process:

  • Complete brief online registration form
  • Short intake questionnaire about your child’s specific challenges
  • Confirmation and pre-workshop materials sent upon registration
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