Students
Getting an education can feel overwhelming. Procrastination, disorganization, frustration, overwhelm and anxiety can make the path through college seem too steep.
At Stretch Your Brain we help you develop your skills for success with…
Strategic Studying
Implement active learning techniques with targeted tools that work for you.
Optimized Organization
Hone your systems and routines to get what you want done.
Flexible Mindsets
Notice and navigate through your mindset messages to succeed.
IS THIS YOU?
Hover over the identifiers below to see if you're in the right place!
Seeking strategies for success in college and beyond. Coaching in productivity, focus and attention, overcoming procrastination and other obstacles.
Brain training can help strengthen a person's skills in planning, organization, prioritization, inner sense of time, visual and auditory memory, focus and attention, working memory and emotional control.
People with ASD working with the Regional Center in California, you are eligible for the Self-Determination Program. The Self-Determination program was developed to offer people more freedom and control in the services they receive.
The Anti-Boring Approach ™ helps students fill their study toolboxes with active neuro-science-tested techniques to achieve academic success.
Brain training helps all ages of people, including older adults who experience forgetfulness or symptoms of mild cognitive impairment.
Struggling to focus and pay attention can be a symptom of weak underlying processing skills.
Auditory processing is the cognitive skill the brain uses to hear, segment, and blend sounds and it is foundational to successful reading. Studies show that weak auditory processing skills are at the root of approximately 85% of all reading struggles.
Weak processing skills, memory, attention and comprehension can all be improved with brain training.
Brain training can strengthen phonemic awareness (the ability to blend, segment, and analyze sounds in words), phonics (the letter-symbol-sound connection), these are essential pillars of successful reading.
Successful reading comprehension requires understanding of vocabulary and fluency to create meaning in text. Brain training tools support these skills.
Choose how you want to Stretch Your Brain:
1 on 1 and Small Group Packages, Customizable Plans
What changes for students during coaching?
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Reframe struggles, less stress
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Focus on the inputs and trust the process for outcomes
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Steps towards a flexible growth-oriented mindset
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Gain confidence with doable strategies
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Time perception growth to improve study efficiency
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More willingness to self-advocate and receive help
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From avoidance to action
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Less shame, more self-compassion
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Less tension in the family, more peaceful interactions
Each package provides
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Academic support, guidance, and mentorship to help students thrive on their chosen path
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An intake meeting, assessing executive functioning skills and challenges
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1:1 Coaching sessions, 50 minutes
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Session notes for the student
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A collaborative approach between the student and the coach
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Science and strategies to boost
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Learning for comprehension and output
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Productivity for organization and prioritization
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Mindset shifts from a fixed mindset to a flexible mindset
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Monthly family check-ins (20-minute calls pre-scheduled)
Semester Soar
15 - Week Package
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More sustained habit-building in systems and routines
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Increased accountability touchpoints and reinforcement over time
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Mid-point progress summary
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Better suited for students who need deeper, longer-term skill development
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Best value for students committed to a full semester
Pause and Flourish
CRAFT SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS & ROUTINES
REDUCE DAILY PUSHBACK AND BATTLES AROUND TASKS
BUILD YOUR CHILD'S INDEPENDENCE WITH CONFIDENCE AND PROVEN STRATEGIES
Uncover the mindset blockers that short circuit neurodiverse children. Guide them to systems and routines to reduce overload and free creativity.
Cultivate celebration of small wins in your child’s life. Collaborate on discovering durable solutions to predictable problems.
Scaffold for success and embrace productive struggle that challenges without overwhelming to build resilience.
Pave the path to thriving with less resistance and more joyful results!
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A few places we're making an impact...
Vicki Rekedal
For over 25 years, Vicki has guided students and adults to successfully implement alternative learning strategies that strengthen executive functioning and underlying processing skills.
With a Master’s of Educational Therapy, she is passionate about the neuroscience of learning and enjoys working with children and adults in individualized 1:1 sessions and small group settings.
Starting with a flexible mindset framework, Vicki implements current research-based tools and techniques to help her clients name and aim their strengths to reach their learning and memory peaks. In conjunction with student coaching, Vicki leads groups for parents of students with learning differences to develop strategies that foster parent-child connection and agency.
When Vicki is not devouring the latest
brain science, she loves a good audiobook and a hike around lakes, towns, or in the mountains.
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email: Vicki@StretchYourBrain.org
What results does Executive Function get?
Stretch Your Brain offers brain-science backed skills, strategies and accountability so you can reach your goals, but at the end of the day, your success is up to you. Joining Stretch Your Brain does not guarantee results, including, but not limited to: Earning better grades, Getting all of your assignments turned in on time, Graduating from college, Landing your first job, etc. That said, I am committed to providing you with everything you need to thrive in college and beyond and I'll be there to encourage you every step of the way.