Helping kids and teens build skills for success in school and life.
You love your child, but the homework battles, constant reminders, and emotional blowups are exhausting.Â
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You are not alone in the daily chaos...
Your child has more potential than their hardest days show. When regulation is under strain, executive function skills don’t work as they should, and even simple tasks can turn into power struggles. It’s not about willpower, laziness, or defiance, it’s a sign that something deeper needs support and skills need to be built. That’s where Cognitive Roots comes in.
The Foundation
Regulation. When emotions run high, even simple tasks can feel impossible. Kids and teens may get frustrated, upset, or overwhelmed over seemingly small things. Learning to understand and manage regulation is the first step, it sets the stage for everything else your child will learn.Â
Mental Workspace
Remembering and Focusing. Struggling to remember directions, follow steps, or keep track of what’s needed? Strengthening memory and focus gives kids and teens the tools to handle daily tasks and prepare for learning other important skills.
Real-Life Skills
Applied Executive Function Skills for Everyday Independence. Once emotions and focus are steady, kids and teens can approach their day with confidence and follow through on tasks and routines. Other executive functioning skills, like planning, prioritizing, managing time, and organizing, can then be taught and practiced to support independence.
When Your Child Is Falling Apart, Do You Know What to Do?
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How We Work Together
Every child is different, and so are the ways I can support them. Whether you choose the self-paced Rooted & Ready program or personalized 1:1 coaching, you’ll learn strategies, build skills, and help your child grow independence over time.
Both paths start with the same foundation: regulation first, then skills.
MY PROGRAM
Rooted & Ready
A 10-week coaching program for parents of elementary-age kids. You'll work through self-paced weekly modules on regulation, working memory, and executive function skills. Plus, join Ashley for a live group Q&A session every week to ask questions, get guidance, and put strategies into practice at home.
- 10 self-paced weekly modules
- Weekly live group Q&A with Ashley
- Designed for parents of elementary-age children
- Strategies you can use at home right away
INDIVIDUAL COACHINNG
1:1 Coaching
Personalized support tailored to your child's age and specific needs, whether that means working directly with your child to build skills and independence, guiding you as the parent to implement strategies at home, or both. Sessions are held virtually or in person, giving you focused, 1:1 support to help your child succeed at home, in school, and beyond.
- 45-minute virtual sessions
- Direct work with your child, parent coaching, or both
- Tailored to kids, teens, and young adults
- Flexible pacing based on your family's goals
Not sure which is the right for fit?
In a free 30-minute call, we’ll talk about your child’s challenges and your goals. You’ll get a sense of how coaching or the program could help, and get answers to your immediate questions. This free call will help determine if Cognitive Roots is the right fit for your family.
Book Your Free CallWhat Are Executive Function Skills?
Executive function skills are the mental tools that help us manage daily life and achieve goals. They develop gradually, starting in childhood and continuing into the mid-twenties.Â
When these skills are underdeveloped or under strain, even simple tasks can feel overwhelming. The good news: executive function skills can be taught, learned, and strengthened at any age. Addressing these deficits now prevents small struggles from turning into bigger challenges later.
Skills your child may be struggling with
These challenges are common, and they are not a reflection of effort or intelligence.
Emotional Regulation
Big reactions to small frustrations, difficulty calming down, or shutting down under pressure.
Working Memory
Forgetting instructions mid-task, losing track of steps, or needing constant reminders.
Planning and PrioritizingÂ
Struggling to break down tasks, complete steps in order, or decide what is most important.
Flexible Thinking
Getting stuck when plans change, having difficulty shifting between tasks or ideas.
Impulse Control
Acting or speaking before thinking, difficulty waiting, or struggling to pause before reacting.
Time Management
Underestimating how long things take, running late, or losing track of time during tasks.
Task Initiation
Knowing the task that is supposed to happen, but having difficulty starting the first step.
Organization
Constantly misplacing things, missing steps, and leaving spaces in disarray.
Attention and Focus
Difficulty filtering out distractions and staying locked in long enough to actually complete what they started.
Self-Monitoring
Trouble catching their own mistakes, reading the room, or course-correcting mid-task or mid-conversation.
About Cognitive Roots
Cognitive Roots was created to help kids, teens, and families build regulation, executive function skills, and lasting independence.
I’m Ashley, an Occupational Therapist with over eight years of experience supporting children and adolescents in homes, clinics, and schools. I have extensive training in executive function and sensory processing, which allows me to look at regulation through a deeper lens and understand what’s really driving daily challenges.
My approach is rooted in how the brain develops and how skills are built step by step, not just managed in the moment. At Cognitive Roots, helping kids and teens feel regulated and ready to learn comes first. From there, we build the executive function skills that support success at home, at school, and beyond.
The goal is skills that stick, increasing confidence, and independence that grows with them.
Ready to grow your child’s skills?
The journey to help your child build the skills that make everyday life easier starts with a conversation. Book a free consultation to learn how Cognitive Roots can help your child feel more regulated, capable, and independent.
