Executive Function Explained

Elementary School Coaching
(K-5th Grade)

Elementary school is where so much more than academics is happening.

This is the stage where children are learning how to:

  • Regulate emotions

  • Follow routines

  • Start and finish tasks

  • Handle frustration

  • Build confidence in themselves

At Positive Learning, we focus on helping elementary-aged children understand themselves while supporting families as they build skills that carry into later years.

Is Coaching Right for Your Child?

Coaching may be a great fit if your child:

  • Has big emotions or frequent meltdowns

  • Struggles with transitions or changes in routine

  • Has difficulty getting started or staying on task

  • Becomes overwhelmed easily

  • Needs support with focus, flexibility, or frustration tolerance

  • Is bright and capable but often feels “stuck”

You don’t need to wait until things feel unmanageable.

Early support helps children build confidence, resilience, and independence.

Elementary coaching is developmental and foundational.
We’re not “fixing behavior” — We’re teaching skills.

Common areas of focus include:

Self-Awareness

  • Noticing feelings, energy levels, and triggers

  • Understanding how emotions show up in the body

  • Learning language to describe what’s happening internally

Self-Regulation

  • Calming strategies for big emotions

  • Learning how to pause and reset

  • Practicing flexible responses when things don’t go as planned

Executive Function Foundations

  • Following routines

  • Task initiation (getting started)

  • Working through frustration

  • Completing age-appropriate tasks

  • Building confidence and independence

What Coaching Looks Like at This Age

Coaching sessions are:

  • Play-based and engaging

  • Strength-focused

  • Supportive and encouraging

  • Tailored to your child’s needs

We use activities, conversation, movement, and visuals to help children learn skills in a way that feels safe and approachable.

This is not tutoring and not therapy.

Coaching focuses on skill-building, problem-solving, and growth over time.

Monthly Investment Options

Full Time Individual Coaching - $525/month

  • Introductory Coaching Session (one-time)

  • Three 50 minute monthly individual coaching sessions (Zoom)

  • One 15 minute check in for client/parent (Zoom or phone call)

  • Weekly Client/Parent collaboration

  • Light email support

  • Optional School & Support Team Collaboration Add-On

Optional School & Support Team Collaboration Add-On - $100/month

  • This optional add-on allows your coach to collaborate directly with teachers, school staff, therapists, physicians, or other members of your student's support team.

    Examples include:

    • Teacher communication

    • School questionnaires

    • IEP/504 collaboration

    • Support team communication

    • Advocacy and consistency across environments

Meet The Coaches

Need more than weekly coaching?

For some students, meaningful growth happens with support beyond a once-a-week session.

Signature Coaching offers additional accountability, multiple points of contact throughout the week, and enhanced collaboration with families.

Learn More About Signature Coaching →

Why Families Choose Positive Learning

Families choose to work with Positive Learning during the elementary years because our coaching focuses on building strong foundations early — in a way that feels supportive, not overwhelming.

Our approach is:

  • Strength-based, not behavior-focused
    We don’t try to correct or manage behavior. We focus on understanding what a child needs and teaching skills that support emotional growth, confidence, and self-control.

  • Developmentally appropriate for young learners
    Elementary-aged children are still learning how to understand their emotions, bodies, and reactions. Coaching meets children where they are and builds skills at a pace that feels safe and achievable.

  • Rooted in executive function foundations
    Coaching focuses on early skills like self-awareness, self-regulation, flexibility, task initiation, and follow-through — the building blocks for later independence.

  • Supportive of the whole family
    Children don’t practice skills in isolation. We work closely with parents to share strategies, language, and tools so growth continues between sessions.

  • Structured, but gentle
    Sessions are consistent and intentional, while still playful, engaging, and responsive to each child’s needs.

  • Focused on long-term growth
    Early coaching isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about helping children develop skills that will support them academically, socially, and emotionally for years to come.

Children aren’t rushed, labeled, or pressured.

They’re supported as they learn to understand themselves, manage big feelings, and build confidence.