Sarah Ward on improving executive function skills, balancing your time, and implementing practical strategies into your work | EP 28

Today’s Episode with Sarah Ward:

Sarah Ward is an executive function specialist whose work includes speaking, teaching, and writing. She gives presentations on developing and building executive function skills as well as providing executive function coaching interventions to children and young adults. Sarah originally worked in a hospital and specialized in brain injury rehab. When her husband lost his executive function skills due to a brain injury, she could not find someone who really gave her practical strategies to improve executive function. So, she switched to becoming an executive function specialist so she could provide more practical strategies to others. Sarah knew she wanted to make this switch because she needed more flexibility of her time and took advantage of the opportunity to specialize in what she really wanted to do, which was executive function.Sarah stresses the importance of having clarity about what your client’s goals are and making sure that they are developing their independence.Sarah balances her time by dedicating hours to specific tasks and being clear about what needs to get done during that time. When helping students plan out their days, Sarah recommends including the “goes-withs” and the “maybes” that add to the time originally planned out. For example, adding extra time for the walk from the locker room to soccer practice or maybe you will grab pizza on the way home.Sarah has found that in order for neurological change to happen, students need to develop non-verbal working memory and situational awareness. An example of this would be visualizing while you read.For people who want to begin speaking about their work and profit from it, Sarah recommends adding practical and applicable information into your presentations, as well as providing stories to encourage imagery in the audience. Being able to provide people with tangible tools that encourage measurable change will encourage profitability.Sarah uses OneNote to create virtual notebooks and clearly organize your information, as well as Google Calendar.  Find out more about Sarah and her work at www.efpractice.com

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