by Gretchen | Jan 11, 2017 | Academic Coaching, blog
Do you tend to lose the work you do? Is there a wormhole that completed assignments get sucked into? I have several ADHD clients who can’t seem to track papers to save their lives. THEY swear they completed an assignment and turned it in; their TEACHERS swear...
by Gretchen | Dec 6, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, podcast, Study Skills
This week on the College Prep Podcast with Gretchen Wegner and her co-host Megan Dorsey: Smartphone apps can be a great support, but also an annoying distraction, for students, especially those suffering from ADHD. Gretchen provides a list of 10+ apps and suggestions...
by Gretchen | May 11, 2016 | Academic Coaching, blog, Student Life
Recently a young woman about to graduate from college called me desperate: “I’m such a mess! I’ve almost failed out of school several times! I’m thankfully about to graduate, but now I’m scared that I’m too much of a disaster...
by Gretchen | Jul 11, 2015 | Academic Coaching, blog, College Prep, Communication
Do you have a learning difference that impacts your experience of school? How do you feel about telling your teachers and professors about it? Many of my clients resist telling their professors because it’s such a vulnerable thing to admit! However, this is such...
by Gretchen | Dec 14, 2011 | Academic Coaching, For Parents
During my in-take interviews with new families, their child’s distractibility is one of the most common complaints. How do we get them to FOCUS?! Especially when they’re on the internet? I totally get it, partially because I experience the same distractability...