As a parent, are you concerned:
“My student doesn’t seem to learn from mistakes.”
“I’m always nagging my student to clean their room and do their chores.”
“I feel like I am back at school doing all the work.”
New Agenda is Here for Students
New Agenda pairs upper elementary, middle school, high school, and college students with an executive function coach tailored to meet their needs.
As a student, are you stuck:
“I wish my parents wouldn’t say ‘I'm lazy’.”
“I feel like I am always disappointing my parents.”
“I am worried I will fail out of school.”
Executive Function
Strong Executive Function skills lead to higher performance. Research has proven that Executive Function Coaching improves EF Skills and has life-long benefits for children, teens, and college students.
Who We Help
New Agenda Helps Students
New Agenda Helps Students
Our Executive Function Coaches help students with multiple challenges to improve performance in school and life.
- Prioritizing
- Planning
- Tasking Initiation
- Managing Time
Prioritizing
Planning
Taking Initiation
Managing Time
- Prioritizing
- Planning
- Tasking Initiation
- Managing Time
Focus
Organization
Impulse Control
Accountability
- Prioritizing
- Planning
- Tasking Initiation
- Managing Time
Goal Setting
Self-Regulation
Self-Advocacy
Growth Mindset
- Focus
- Organization
- Impulse Control
- Accountability
- Goal Setting
- Self-Regulation
- Self-Advocacy
- Growth Mindset
Who We Help
Help At Every Stage
New Agenda is here for pre-teens, teens, and college-aged students. Click on a tab below for more information.
Pre-Teen
Your child’s emotions and challenges become yours.
The preteen stage (ages 9-12 years) is a critical period for developing the foundation for Executive Function skills.
New Agenda’s EF Coaches support students by helping them find balance with responsibilities and privileges, developing a tool-box of customized strategies for accountability and success.
Parents and teachers may notice:
Behavior or emotional management challenges
Your student is impulsive, frustrated and/or reactive; has difficulty transitioning into ‘work-mode’ and/or persevering through tasks; cannot resist electronic distractions.School challenges
Your student struggles to start or complete assignments; assignments are missing or incomplete; test performance does not reflect ability; careless errors are a pattern of concern; persistence with work is difficult.Time management challenges
Your student had difficulty creating a plan to work on homework, projects, and studying; work is sometimes left until the last minute.Self-care challenges
Your student struggles with initiating or completing morning and evening routines related to grooming and hygiene.Organizational challenges
Your student has difficulty organizing personal spaces including their room, their desk at school or home, backpack, binders, or equipment bags for sports/activities. Items are lost or forgotten; completed work is not turned in. Multi-step directions for assignments and projects are difficult to break down and follow.Household challenges
Your student resists or avoids initiating or completing chores and other household responsibilities. Household chores completed are lacking in quality or efficiency.
Who We Help
New Agenda Helps Students
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New Agenda supports students from pre-teen through college by strengthening their Executive Function (EF) skills—essential for managing responsibilities, planning, and achieving greater independence.
Pre-Teen
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View PlansYour child’s emotions and challenges become yours.
The preteen stage (ages 9-12 years) is a critical period for developing the foundation for Executive Function skills.
New Agenda’s EF Coaches support students by helping them find balance with responsibilities and privileges, developing a tool-box of customized strategies for accountability and success.
Parents and techers may notice:
Behavior or emotional management challenges
Your student is impulsive, frustrated and/or reactive; has difficulty transitioning into ‘work-mode’ and/or persevering through tasks; cannot resist electronic distractions.School challenges
Your student struggles to start or complete assignments; assignments are missing or incomplete; test performance does not reflect ability; careless errors are a pattern of concern; persistence with work is difficult.Time management challenges
Your student had difficulty creating a plan to work on homework, projects, and studying; work is sometimes left until the last minute.Self-care challenges
Your student struggles with initiating or completing morning and evening routines related to grooming and hygiene.Organizational challenges
Your student has difficulty organizing personal spaces including their room, their desk at school or home, backpack, binders, or equipment bags for sports/activities. Items are lost or forgotten; completed work is not turned in. Multi-step directions for assignments and projects are difficult to break down and follow.Household challenges
Your student resists or avoids initiating or completing chores and other household responsibilities. Household chores completed are lacking in quality or efficiency.
Teen
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View PlansThe teen stage (ages 13-18 years) continues with the evolution of Executive Function Skills to support independence and decision making as a young adult.
New Agenda’s EF Coaches support students by helping them find balance with responsibilities and privileges, developing a tool-box of customized strategies for motivation, planning, accountability and success, leading to greater independence and life-long strategies.
Parents and teachers may notice:
Household challenges
Your student resists or avoids initiating or completing chores and other household responsibilities. Household chores completed are lacking in quality or efficiency. Your student is struggling to learn or engage in basic household chores such as laundry, proper cleaning and sanitizing, and meal management.Behavior or emotional management challenges
Your student is impulsive, irritable and/or reactive; has difficulty transitioning into ‘work-mode’ and/or persevering through tasks; cannot resist electronic distractions.School challenges
Your student struggles to start or complete assignments; assignments are missing or incomplete; test performance does not reflect ability; careless errors are a pattern of concern; persistence with work is difficult.Organizational challenges
Your student has difficulty organizing personal spaces. Items are lost or forgotten; completed work is not turned in. Multi-step directions for assignments and projects are difficult to break down and follow. Tracking assignment due dates is difficult.Time management challenges
Your student procrastinates and/or has difficulty creating a plan to work on homework, projects, and studying. Independently tracking schedules for after school activities and managing associated responsibilities is a challenge. Difficulty exists with the management of unstructured time including balancing responsibilities with ‘down time’.Personal Wellness challenges
Your student struggles with consistently initiating or completing routines related to grooming and hygiene. A poor sleep-wake cycle may exist. Your student is having difficulty moving towards independently managing medication. Poor nutrition habits may be developing or present, management of physical exercise is inconsistent, money management may be challenging. Your student is unsure or disengaged with post-high school goals/ planning.
College Student
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View PlansCollege is a mixture of opportunity and excitement! Yet responsibly learning to manage the unstructured time, independent living, and social life, is difficult especially with EF challenges. College can feel isolating or overwhelming, leaving the student left questioning decisions and capabilities. New Agenda provides college students with support, tools, and techniques as they learn to manage independence at this stage.
New Agenda’s EF Coaches support college students by helping them build independence and confidence by developing a tool-box of customized strategies for motivation, planning, accountability and success, leading to success and life-long strategies. College students with ADHD are more likely to stay in college and succeed with EF Coaching.
As a college student you (or parents) may notice:
Organizational challenges
The student has difficulty organizing class materials, may lose assignments and struggle managing due dates, and may need assistance with how to break down writing assignments or long-term projects.Emotional regulation challenges
The student may not know how to manage stress in the college environment, may have difficulty resisting online or social distractions and has difficulty starting assignments and persisting with challenging tasks.Time management challenges
The student procrastinates, maybe overscheduled and overwhelmed, and may not know how to maintain a work schedule with school life.Academic challenges
The student lack the study skills necessary to be effective on tests, may turn in late assignments, may not know how to take notes, may have inconsistent attendance in class.Self-care challenges
The student does not have a routine for physical activity, adequate sleep, or nutritional habits. Medication management is inconsistent. The student may have difficulty making social connections or may be spending too much time with friends.
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New Agenda was created to support the real-life, real-time needs of students, young adults, parents, and seniors to guide independence and success with their day-to-day challenges.
