From the archives: Back-to-school action plan

It’s hard to believe, but back-to-school is almost upon us! We’re bringing back a favorite episode to help kick off the school year. Hosts Gretchen Vierstra and Rachel Bozek chat with DeJunne’ Clark Jackson — education consultant, parent advocate, and mom of two. She shares smart, doable strategies for setting goals and easing back-to-school stress. For more on this topic: Download: Back-to-school update for families to give to teachers Download: Goals calendar for kids who struggle with planning My kids have different strengths and challenges. Here’s how I set goals with them. Hear more from DeJunne’ in this episode about parent-teacher conferences Get back-to-school tips from executive function coach Brendan Mahan in this episode about building executive function skills We love hearing from our listeners! Email us at init@understood.org Listen to Everyone Gets a Juice Box, a new podcast from Understood.org where host Jessica Shaw has honest talks with parents raising kids who learn and think differently. Understood.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you want to help us continue this work, donate at understood.org/give Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company.