A Message from School Counselor, Mr. Patterson:
As we've begun to settle into our routines, it's important to continue to evaluate students' organizational systems to make sure we aren't losing momentum. Does your child have good time management and a good system for organizing belongings and homework? Or are things being put off and are papers starting to pile up creating confusion and frustration in managing day-to-day work?
It's important to continue to reinforce the importance of routine organization check-ins to sort items and have a good plan for approaching how to stay on top of things. Your student may seek independence in this and reject your input, so it may not always be easy to directly step in and help as a parent.
You can model this organization by demonstrating your own practices of how you stay on top of things and manage your own day-to-day life. Perhaps give a few ideas and let your child choose a system that he/she feels is best suited to his/her needs. Let your children know you are available and willing to help if they ever need it, but make sure you step in when you feel you need to if things start to spiral out of control.
As always, I'm happy to help your child with organization or any other concerns they have. Please just reach out to me or encourage your child to speak to me anytime!
