Executive Function Coaching for Students
Practical support for focus, organization and follow-through, for kids, teens and post-secondary students
Whether you’re a parent looking for help for your child, or a student who wants school to feel more manageable, coaching builds the skills that make homework, planning and deadlines easier: getting started, staying organized and following through.
Since 2013 · More than 1,300 students, parents, and adults coached · Programming overseen by a registered psychologist
For parents: when your child finds it hard to stay organized, manage time or get started, everyday tasks can turn into daily battles. Coaching gives them personal, practical support to build those skills.
For students: if you’re the one who is tired of late assignments, lost track of due dates or a plan that never quite happens, you can reach out yourself. Coaching is done with you, not to you.
Our families trust us with a 4.9-star rating from Google reviews. Our coaches work one-on-one with children and teens to strengthen the brain’s executive functions. These are the mental processes that help us plan, focus, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks. When these skills are underdeveloped, even bright children can fall behind. The good news? Executive functions can be trained and improved with the right approach.
Understanding Your Child’s Executive Function Skills
Executive functions are the brain’s management system. Think of them as the CEO of your child’s mind, responsible for making decisions, staying on task, and regulating emotions.
The 11 Executive Function Skills We Coach
Attention and Focus
Staying with a task, even when it’s boring
Impulse Control
Pausing to think before acting or speaking
Working Memory
Holding information in mind while using it
Emotional Regulation
Handling frustration without losing the whole afternoon
Task Initiation
Starting without ten reminders
Planning and Prioritization
Breaking big tasks into steps, and knowing what comes first
Organization
Keeping track of materials, ideas, and belongings
Time Management
Knowing how long things take, and finishing on time
Flexible Thinking
Adjusting when the plan changes
Goal-Directed Persistence
Sticking with a goal past the exciting part
Metacognition
Stepping back and seeing how you think and learn
When any of these skills lag behind, your child may struggle with homework, chores, friendships, or following through on commitments.
Does Your Child Show These Signs?
Many children with executive function challenges are incredibly smart. They just need strategies that match how their brain works.
Common Signs Include:
- Frequently losing assignments, supplies, or personal items
- Difficulty starting homework without constant reminders
- Becoming easily overwhelmed by multi-step projects
- Struggling to manage time or estimate how long tasks take
- Acting impulsively or having emotional outbursts
- Forgetting instructions moments after hearing them
- Messy backpacks, desks, or bedrooms despite trying to stay organized
- Procrastinating until the last minute
- Anxiety and avoidance of ‘hard’ things
If this sounds familiar, executive function coaching can help your child develop practical strategies that stick.
Our Approach to Executive Function Coaching
We believe every child can build stronger executive function skills with the right support. Our coaching is personalized, practical, and grounded in research.
What to Expect
Assessment
We start by understanding your child’s unique strengths and challenges through conversation and observation.
Goal Setting
Together with you and your child, we identify specific, meaningful goals. Maybe it’s turning in homework on time or managing morning routines independently.
Skill Building
Through weekly 1-on-1 sessions, your child learns and practices concrete strategies. We use real-life situations, not worksheets, to make learning stick.
Parent Collaboration
We keep you in the loop with regular updates and practical tips you can reinforce at home. We also provide a detailed session report after each of your child’s session so you know exactly what was covered and what can be reinforced at home.
Progress Tracking
We celebrate wins and adjust our approach as your child grows. Our newly designed Growth Tracker keeps everyone focused on the growth happening.
Our coaches are trained in evidence-based methods including cognitive-behavioral strategies, metacognitive training, and strengths-based coaching. Once vetted, each coach receives coaching training specific to Kaizen’s approach.
Executive Function Coaching for Kids, Teens and Post-Secondary Students
Our coaching supports children and adolescents who want to build independence and confidence. We work with:
- Elementary school students learning foundational organization skills
- Middle schoolers navigating increased academic demands
- High school students preparing for college and adult responsibilities
- Post-secondary students who want study support: planning the term, keeping up with readings and deadlines, and getting assignments started
- Children with ADHD, learning differences, or twice-exceptional profiles
- Neurotypical kids who simply need support developing these skills
Every brain develops at its own pace. Executive function coaching meets you, or your child, where you are and helps you move forward.
Post-secondary students: if your goals are about school and study, student coaching is the place to start. If you’re looking for broader support with work and everyday life, see adult executive function coaching. Not sure which fits? Book a free consultation and we’ll help you decide.
The Student Foundation Program
Every student starts here: one complete first coaching cycle, from plan to coaching 🧠✨
What’s Included:
Your Complete First Cycle
Transform Your Child’s Learning Journey!
Program price: $1,995 CAD or $1,495 USD
All five coaching sessions are completed within eight weeks of the first session.
What's Included
✔️ Five 60-minute private coaching sessions with a Kaizen executive functioning coach, scheduled flexibly at one to three sessions a week.
✔️ The Student Brain Blueprint, completed in coaching session 2 with your child’s coach, plus a detailed Brain Blueprint report you can share with teachers and other professionals.
✔️ A detailed intake survey and parent assessment, then a 30-minute Learning Specialist Intake with parent and child. Older students may attend on their own.
✔️ A parent consultation with Founder Samantha Woods to review the results and, more importantly, how these skills play out in your child’s day to day and how you can best support them.
✔️ BrainHub Academy access for as long as your child is actively with Kaizen: Kaizen’s online executive functioning program, with videos from our founder plus toolkits and resources.
Also Included
✔️ A personalized coaching plan, shaped at intake and finalized after the Brain Blueprint.
✔️ Personalized coach matching, to get the right fit for your child.
✔️ A Standard Session Report after every session, so you can support progress at home.
✔️ Direct parent contact with your child’s assigned coach.
✔️ A customized coaching proposal after session five, so you know exactly what comes next.
After the Foundation Program: choose the rhythm that fits
Available after the Student Foundation Program. Your coach recommends the fit based on current needs, progress and the pace that will best support your child or teen. Each continuation is a fixed three-month term, and each price is the one-time cost of the full three months, not a monthly rate.
Student Sustain
$1,495 CAD or $1,095 USD
For self-directed learners who want a lighter coaching rhythm to reinforce effective strategies, maintain progress and stay accountable.
✔️ 6 coaching sessions
✔️ 6 live 15-minute coaching check-ins
✔️ 1 Growth Tracker Report
✔️ BrainHub Academy and Resource Library access
Student Momentum
$2,995 CAD or $2,195 USD
For learners who benefit from consistent weekly coaching to strengthen current strategies, build new skills and keep progress moving.
✔️ 12 coaching sessions
✔️ 12 live 15-minute coaching check-ins
✔️ 2 Growth Tracker Reports
✔️ Parent Coaching Circle included
✔️ BrainHub Academy and Resource Library access
Student Accelerator
$5,295 CAD or $3,895 USD
For learners who need concentrated support across multiple priorities, with frequent coaching, practice, feedback, accountability and adjustment.
✔️ 24 coaching sessions
✔️ 12 weekly live 15-minute coaching check-ins
✔️ 4 Growth Tracker Reports
✔️ Parent Coaching Circle included
✔️ BrainHub Academy and Resource Library access
Every continuation program includes a Standard Session Report after each coaching session and optional Weekly Wins by SMS. Live check-ins are short 15-minute phone or video calls with your child’s assigned coach that keep progress moving between full sessions. The Parent Coaching Circle is a live, twice-monthly 90-minute group discussion with a Kaizen-trained Parent Leadership expert, where parents share wins and struggles and get advice they can use at home. Pay As You Go single coaching sessions are also available after the Student Foundation Program, for families who prefer not to commit to a three-month program.
Looking for a full year of coordinated support? The Kaizen Family Partnership is our 12-month option after the Student Foundation Program: 30 private coaching sessions and 24 live check-ins per active student, a Brain Blueprint at entry with an annual retest, personalized plans at entry, midpoint and closeout, six Parent Alignments and Growth Tracker Reports, an Annual Progress Review, and household-shared Parent Leadership Immersion for the family strategy work. Founding first-year price $10,500 CAD or $7,995 USD; standard price $12,995 CAD or $9,495 USD. Ask about it on your free consultation.
All programs are fixed-term commitments. Unused services expire at term end and do not roll over unless an approved pause changes the dates. The Student Pathway is strength-based, practical and non-clinical.
Frequently Asked Questions
What age is executive function coaching appropriate for?
We work with children as young as 10 and teens through to high school and post-secondary. The strategies and approach are tailored to each student’s stage and specific needs. Younger children focus on foundational skills such as following routines, while teens and post-secondary students focus on time management, organization, study skills, anxiety management and long-term planning. Adults have their own program: see adult executive function coaching.
How is executive function coaching different from tutoring?
Tutoring focuses on academic content like math or reading. Executive function coaching builds the underlying skills that help children learn more effectively across all subjects. We teach how to learn, not what to learn. Many families use both services together.
How long does coaching take to see results?
Most families notice improvements within 8-12 weeks. However, building lasting executive function skills is a process. We recommend at least 3-6 months of consistent coaching. Some children continue longer depending on their goals and progress.
Does my child need an ADHD diagnosis to benefit?
Not at all. While many children with ADHD benefit from executive function coaching, these skills can be underdeveloped in any child. No diagnosis is required to start working with us.
Are sessions in-person or online?
We offer both options at our Calgary location (119 14 St NW Suite 400) or via secure video. Many children thrive with online coaching because they can practice skills in their real environment, such as organizing their desk or managing their homework routine.
How can I support my child between sessions?
Parent involvement is essential for lasting change.
After each session, you'll receive a clear, individualized report outlining the skills covered and simple strategies to reinforce at home. Consistency between sessions and daily life, along with regular attendance, is key to building strong executive functioning skills.
We also offer parent consultations and our Parent Leadership Foundations course helps you confidently support your child's growth.
In some cases, parent coaching may be eligible for coverage under extended health benefits or disability-related supports when connected to a diagnosed condition.
You're not expected to do this alone. We partner with you every step of the way.
Is funding available to help cover the cost of coaching?
Often, yes. Many extended health plans include psychology services coverage, and because Kaizen’s programming is overseen by a registered psychologist, coaching invoices can often be submitted under that category. That route does not require a diagnosis. Families also reduce the cost through health spending accounts, the Medical Expense Tax Credit, FSCD (Alberta), community scholarships, and Canada Student Grants for post-secondary students. Kaizen offers a flexible payment plan, and we provide detailed receipts and session summaries to support claims. See our full guide to funding options for executive function coaching to find what may apply to your family.
Ready to Start?
Book a free consultation and tell us what has been hard, whether you’re a parent or a student. We’ll tell you honestly whether coaching can help and what the first step would be.
Contact Info
Phone: (877) 910-4124
Email: info@kaizeneduc.com
Address: 119 14 St NW Suite 400, Calgary, AB T2N 1Z6