Dr. William Stixrud

& Ned Johnson



Topic: Executive Functioning, the Brain, and a Sense of Control.

You'll learn:

  1. Why a healthy sense of control enables kids to maximize the executive functioning skills they already posses.
  2. How parents can foster their kids' executive development while promoting self-motivation at the same time.
  3. Why "radical downtime" is so important for maximizing executive functions.
  4. How parents can serve as consultant to their kids with executive challenges rather as their managers, bosses, or task masters.
  5. Why parents should not work harder to help their kids be successful than the kids do.
  6. How taking a long view helps parents raise kids with executive difficulties with less stress.

Dr. Stixrud is a clinical neuropsychologist with 35 years of helping kids (and their parents) better understand how their brains work and what helps them develop and succeed as people. A father of two and a grandfather of three, Bill has been a rock-and-roll musician for more than 50 years.


Ned Johnson is the founder and tutor-geek of PrepMatters, helping kids conquer the ACT, SAT, and other four-letter words. A father of two, he recently posted a selfie with his own self-driven son Matthew while taking the SAT. #worstfathersonoutingever

Learn more at: (www.selfdrivenchild.com).

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