Are you about to leave home and begin your independent life journey? Are you worried about the new responsibilities you will have living away from home? Do you know how to manage money? Do you know how to create a budget? Are you confident with your communication skills? Do you have a solid time management and organization system in place to work and live independently? Champion’s executive functioning and life skills development coaching helps to establish and solidify important skills needed to successfully navigate school and eventually transition into independent living. Some of the areas Champion coaches students in include:

 

Executive Functioning Skills:

• Stress Management

• Conflict Resolution

• Time Management

• Organization Skills

• Working Memory

• Inhibition Control

• Emotional Control

• Self Monitoring

 

Professional Skills:

• Interviewing

• Negotiation

• Presentation Techniques

• Effective Communication Skills

• Navigating Difficult Conversations

 

Personal Finance:

• Creating and managing a budget

• Understanding your expenses

• Paying bills (like rent!)

• Creating a savings and investment plan

• Investing 101

• Power of compounding interest

• Understanding bank accounts

• How to handle personal credit

• When (and when not) to use a credit card 

• When (and when not) to use cash

• How and when to use a debit card