Lunch & Learn: Helping Children Develop Critical Executive Functioning Skills in 2022

Date & Time

Friday, March 11

11:30am - 1:00pm EST

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Description

Evan Weinberger, CEO & Co-Founder, and Wendy Weinberger, President & Co-Founder, of Illuminos Academic Coaching & Tutoring will offer helpful tips to parents about how to encourage the ongoing development of essential executive functioning skills for all kids, including those struggling with learning differences such as EFD, ADHD, Dyslexia, and processing delays.

Evan and Wendy will address important topics such as habits, routines, organization, time management, and more. Evan will also speak to how students can leverage their EF skills to find greater success following distance learning and the impacts of Covid on children.

All participants will leave with creative new ideas they can implement immediately.

 

About The Speakers

Evan Weinberger is the CEO of Illuminos LLC, an academic coaching and tutoring company he co-founded with his cousin Wendy in 2016 after a
decade of success growing the sister company, he founded in Texas in 2006 called Staying Ahead of the Game LLC.

The focus of his award-winning and research-driven program is helping kids build the executive functioning skills they need to be successful in the
classroom and beyond. The core components include helping students with organization, time management, and influencing the perceptions of others.

Evan particularly enjoys speaking to parents, counselors, and educators all over the country about the power of executive functioning skills and the most useful ways to assist students of all ages in getting the most out of school and achieving their goals.

Wendy L. Weinberger is the President & Co-Founder of Illuminos, a passion project born from her experiences growing up with numerous family members
with ADHD and other learning differences.

When a child close to her received the same diagnosis, she not only worked hard to help him overcome the many challenges but decided to
bring her cousin Evan’s academic coaching business to the DC area to help students in her community with similar struggles.

A lifelong supporter of children’s causes, Wendy has been a long-time advocate for the Children’s Hospital & Children’s Health Network and has raised more than $625,000 for the facility.

Wendy holds a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center, and a BS, cum laude, from the University of Maryland. Prior to founding Illuminos, she spent 25 years as an attorney, General Counsel and COO of publicly traded companies gaining a broad range of experiences that she leverages today in managing Illuminos.

Wendy lives in Ashburn, Virginia with her husband, Antonio, their 5 children, Sofia, Stella, Lola, Emme, & Grayson, and their 2 Golden Retrievers, Coco and Luna, and their 2 Bengal cats, Milo and Riley.

Event Location

Zoom - Link will be sent once you register

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