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Executive Function Coaching · Orange County, CA

Executive function isn't a character trait. It's a skill — and it can be taught.

One-on-one coaching that helps your child turn scattered assignments, forgotten deadlines, and overwhelming projects into a plan they can actually follow — built around how their brain really works, not how we wish it worked.

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No pressure, no obligation — just a conversation about what's going on.

Sound familiar?

You know the pattern by now.

Every family we work with recognizes at least a few of these. None of them mean your child isn't capable — they mean the skills underneath the task haven't clicked into place yet.

Plan

Planning and prioritizing what to do first

Focus

Focusing and sustaining attention on a task

Remember

Remembering multi-step directions

Regulate

Staying regulated when things feel overwhelming

Finish

Starting tasks — and actually finishing them

Complete

Turning in homework that's already done

Organize

Organizing thoughts, belongings, and language

Manage

Managing long-term projects and papers

Time

Sensing how much time has actually passed

Ruth Collas, Executive Function Coach in Orange County, CA
Meet your coach

Ruth Collas

EFC COTA/L Montessori Dip. Ed.

Ruth grew up in Ireland and trained in Montessori education before earning her degree in Occupational Science from Stanbridge University in Irvine. That combination — child development plus hands-on occupational therapy — shapes how she coaches: not with generic productivity tips, but with strategies built around how each individual kid actually thinks.

"My job isn't to hand a kid a planner. It's to figure out why the planner they already have isn't working — and fix that."

As an executive function coach, Ruth works with tweens, teens, and college students to build real systems for organization, time management, focus, and follow-through — identifying each client's specific strengths and gaps, then building strategies around them. She works with parents, teachers, and other members of a child's team too, so the strategies hold up at home and at school, not just in session.

How it works

Five steps, no guesswork.

1

Free 30-min call

We talk through what's actually going on — no forms, no pressure.

2

Get to know your kid

Ruth learns how your child thinks, works, and where they get stuck.

3

Build the plan

Concrete strategies mapped to their specific challenges — not a template.

4

Weekly coaching

Consistent 1:1 sessions that turn strategies into actual habits.

5

Check in & adjust

Regular check-ins with you — and school, if that's helpful.

Who we help

Coaching that fits the moment your kid is in.

Middle & high school

Tweens & Teens

  • Building a homework routine that doesn't require a daily fight
  • Breaking big projects into steps that don't feel impossible
  • Learning to actually use a planner — and trust it
  • Managing time without losing track of it entirely
  • Handling frustration without it derailing the whole session
Newly independent

College Students

  • Structuring a schedule with no one checking in anymore
  • Managing coursework across multiple classes and deadlines
  • Building systems that survive a roommate, a job, and a social life
  • Self-advocating with professors and campus resources
  • Making the shift from "someone reminds me" to "I've got this"
Questions

Before you book a call

Neither, exactly. Coaching doesn't focus on academic content the way tutoring does, and it isn't a clinical treatment. It's skill-building — helping your child develop the planning, focus, and organizational systems that make everything else, including tutoring and therapy, work better.

Primarily tweens and teens in middle and high school, as well as college students navigating independence for the first time. Every plan is built around the specific stage your child is in.

Both are available depending on your location and preference — ask on your free call and we'll figure out what works best for your family.

Most families start with weekly sessions to build momentum. There's no long-term contract — we'll talk through a reasonable timeline for your child's specific goals on the intro call.

When it's helpful, yes. Ruth is happy to coordinate with teachers or other providers so strategies stay consistent across home and school.

Often, yes. Many of the families Ruth works with are navigating exactly this — a child who's bright and capable but struggles to plan, start, or follow through, whether or not there's a formal diagnosis. Coaching isn't a substitute for an evaluation or treatment, but it's a practical, ongoing complement to it: building the day-to-day systems that make focus and follow-through more manageable.

Yes — Ruth works with families throughout Orange County, either in person or virtually, so location isn't a barrier if coaching feels like the right fit.

Get in touch

Let's talk about what's going on.

Start with a free 30-minute call — no pressure, no obligation. We'll talk through what your child is struggling with and whether coaching is a good fit.

Dreycocoaching@gmail.com (949) 233-6803 Orange County & Surrounding Areas · in-person & virtual