Coach Bill / Dad, Entrepreneur Special Educator, American Political Scientist, Writer, Musician.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha The decisions you make every moment tend to lead to action and non-action. Regardless, of what decisions or choices you are typically known to make. Regardless of how long you have done things a certain way, it is possible to come to terms with the understanding that right here, right now, you are free to make different decisions, thereby possibly embarking on the new you? Are you feeling like a victim? Maybe you are. I am not here to talk about why you may/ may not be a victim. Maybe you are being teased, bullied, slandered. Maybe your being shunned, excluded, purposefully unappreciated. That can definitely get anyone 'down,' and feeling kind of 'dark gray.' If you are such a person, or if you are the parent, older family member, or teacher,  of someone in this situation, please experiment with these guidelines. Make a daily goals checklist identi...

"The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips." If you want to increase your ability to self-monitor yourself, muscle-up all your self-control, and will power and practice being still. Still in your body, still in your mind. Do this for 5 minutes in the morning before you start your day. Follow your slow, long, deep breath. This is basic meditation. It is scientifically proven to dramatically enhance your executive functions skill, IF you meditate consistently over months. Being still is hard. WE ARE ALL WIRED to move in this day and age. But this is not a blog posting about why I want you to be still, or how great the world would be if more of us would be still, less we become like France (haha). This posting is to disect this EF skill, give you some tools/ applications on strengthening this skill, and some very quotable quotes worth qouting. To self-monitor, from an executive functions skills development context, means to use a 'stan...

Early on in my career I was clear that the effective Teacher is not the one with the greatest knowledge-base, but he or she who not only teaches content, but teaches the kids how to refine their emotional intelligence. I am a great believer in the psychoeducational approach to teaching. Namely, the power of a caring, nurturing relationship. Although certain key processes need to be in place for an effective feedback loop to occur, I have experienced countless successful learning outcomes due to this pivotal part to my own pedagogy. There is something about relating, connecting, and bringing emotion that more times than not, is the very oil I use to keep the students I work with progressing. The caring, nurturing concept to Teaching was recently polished off by National Educator Nel Noddings over the last decade. No one reinvented the wheel here, but Mrs. Noddings put some important spokes front and center. They are integrated into the live vision of Life Skills Corp.

 Is your child a bit rigid about certain academic responsibilities? Being that the older we get the more 'set in our ways' we become, doing early executive function skills intervention is an action which your child will thank you for down the line. If a student were given the opportunity to avoid  years of frustration, anxiety, and tension simply by integrating a set of customized systems and principles would he/ she  appreciate it later on? How would an early executive functions skills intervention by Mom and Dad benefit the family dynamic for years to come? Can it help them manage their time, emotions, plan, and think before they act and respond? How can an Executive Functions Skills Coach help my child? When can I see results? How do I know I have a high-quality Coach? If you are facing these questions and would like to schedule a consultation, contact me viawww.coachbill.us and send me an email.Home/ community visits & video chat.

A University of Washington Assistant Professor, Dr. Frederick Zimmerman, is publishing research regarding the connection between television viewing and an increase in bullying amongst elementary school age kids. According to Dr. Zimmerman, parents should strongly be urged to follow American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines. Part of these guidelines state that children under two years of age should not watch television. Dr. Zimmerman notes that the more time a child watches television, the greater the increase in bullying-like behavior. From Mary Rettig, of Agape Press "Cartoons contain an enormous amount of violence, and this is something that has concerned experts in the area for long time," he says. "And the same could be said for feature-length animated films -- they also contain a lot of violence." " "One of the interesting things that we found was that the effect was fairly large. If you look at the difference between children who watched no TV...

If for whatever reason you are the parent, or the Teacher of a child who is angry, gets angry, or easily becomes angry, be on the lookout and take preemptive action. If you don't, this can turn into a constantly erupting volcanic situation! Here is the mindset: Imagine a humongous magma chamber inside a volcano. Now imagine that this chamber has no outlets, no lava tubes, no oozing lava out into the ocean. In fact, due to having no outlets, there is a good amount of constant pressure. At any moment something might happen causing the volcano to belch and rumble. Regardless of the trauma, stress, or burden, we can act as facilitators that can foster self-control & self-regulation skills. Rather than enable a 'learned helplessness' outcome, we can help kindle an independent-thinking, problem solver mental model by role-modeling the use of various pertinent tools. Below is one of my favorite. Acupressure is an effective tool that is free, easy to learn, and gives al...

Many of my personal clients have heard me quote a definition of success by Sir Winston Churchill: "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another, without  loss of enthusiasm." If you are the parent of a child on the Autism Spectrum, and feel that all hope is lost, fret not. Understandably, it is a taxing situation, to say the least. But there is a path that leads to contentment, which is not complacent. To illustrate this idea, regardless of your background, if you search across the first chapter of the book of Joshua, found in the Jewish Torah, or the King James Version of the Holy Bible (only authorized version of Bible, btw), you will find that The Word sais over and over, "only be strong, and of a good courage." Amongst many things, the chapter signals to trust in the LORD. Some may say, "gee, thanks BUDDY!" with a sly smile. But I say on what do you stand? and do you get rest from standing there? Being able to rest at the deepest...