GPS Parent Series hosts webinar on helping kids develop time management skills
On Thursday, Aug. 21, the GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “Start the Year with Organizational Skills for School Success” with authors Kristen Jacobsen and Sarah Ward at noon and 7 p.m. via Zoom.
Back to school is the perfect time to teach kids about time management, help them become more productive and self-reliant, and equip them with essential executive-functioning strategies.
Jacobson and Ward co-developed “The Time Tracker Program,” an innovative set of tools and strategies used by students across the country to improve time awareness and planning. These speakers will offer actionable tools to help students develop critical skills such as planning, prioritizing, task initiation, and sustained attention.
Designed to support learners from elementary through high school, this GPS program emphasizes how students can “see and sense” the passage of time in order to manage school work and leisure activities more effectively. Parents will come away from this presentation armed with proven methods to help their children become more independent and confident learners.
Visit GPSParentSeries.org for event details and the links to these webinars.
Jacobsen is a speech-language pathologist and co-director of Cognitive Connections who has decades of experience working in clinical and school settings. She has designed and implemented executive function curricula for students of all ages and given engaging presentations and practical, brain-based approaches to help students succeed.
Ward is an internationally recognized speaker and speech-language pathologist with over 25 years of experience specializing in executive function skills. She is a recipient of multiple awards and a returning favorite of the GPS Parent Series.
Please share information about this event with friends and relatives. All are welcome to the free weekly GPS events, and no registration is required.
To be placed on a reminder list for GPS events, contact Glenbard District 87 Student and Community Projects Coordinator Gilda Ross at gilda_ross@glenbard.org or (630)942-7668. Continuing education credits are available.
GPS is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, College of DuPage, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), CCSD District 93 Birth to 5 Coalition, DuPage County Health Department, Duly Health and Care, Emmy Gaffey Foundation, KidsMatter, Midge* and Dan Anderson, Regional Office of Education, Stogsdill Family Foundation, and Webb-Hutter Family Fund.