Executive function courses for college students
Help your student figure out what to do when school piles up
Your student might understand the material and still miss a deadline, put off a paper because they don’t know where to start, or study for hours and wonder why it didn’t help. These short executive function courses give college students, and students getting ready for college, one strategy at a time to try with the schoolwork they already have.
Self-paced · Short lessons · Start today · Lifetime access · ADHD‑friendly
“I have gotten all my assignments in on time this semester!! I feel so much more confident…and happier. Thank you!”
— Bryce · College freshman · Student Operating System
the courses
Where could your student use some help?
These executive function courses for college students work on their own or together. SMART Notes Blueprint and the Student Operating System are two parts of the Student Success Lab, so start with the piece they need most, or get the whole thing.
SIGNATURE COURSE
Build a routine that works for the way they learn
Student Success Lab
If your student needs help in a few areas, this is the place to start. It includes SMART Notes Blueprint and the Student Operating System, plus tools for planning the week, getting started when they feel stuck, and choosing study strategies that fit their classes.
What's inside
- Understand how their brain learns best
- A weekly planning routine they'll actually use
- The full SMART Notes system for studying
- One place to keep track of everything
- Tools for procrastination, focus, and energy
- Motivation and self-advocacy for hard weeks
- Time Awareness Toolkit
8 modules · Lifetime access · Templates · Finals Game Plan · Questions answered by Krista
$397
or 2 payments of $209
NOTE-TAKING & STUDYING
Take notes they can actually study from
SMART Notes Blueprint
When a test is coming up, it helps to have notes that show what matters and where they’re still confused. Students learn a five-step process for taking notes and using them to quiz themselves before the test.
What's inside
- A 5-step system they can use in every class
- Notes that show what matters before the test
- 4 note formats, and when to use each one
- Quiz-yourself strategies that make studying stick
- Help planning for tests, papers, and projects
- Ready-to-use templates and reference cards
Short lessons · For college students and high school juniors and seniors · Lifetime access · 30-day money-back guarantee
$49
PLANNING & ORGANIZING
Get deadlines out of their head and into one place
Student Operating System
When every due date lives in their head, something eventually slips. Students set up an assignment and exam tracker for all their classes, then learn a 6-step weekly planning process that shows them what to do first and how to get back on track when a week goes sideways.
What's inside
- A 6-step weekly planning process they’ll actually use
- An assignment and exam tracker for every class
- Quick daily check-ins that keep the week on track
- A reset plan for weeks that go sideways
- Fewer “wait, that’s due tomorrow?” moments
- One home base for classes, deadlines, and goals
Set up in one afternoon · Lifetime access · Bonus goal-setting workbook and finals game plan
$49
NOT SURE WHERE TO START?
Start with what's hardest right now
If your student …
Start with
“Everything piles up at once.”
They’re capable, but the week gets away from them. Deadlines sneak up, big assignments wait until the night before, and studying means rereading and hoping. It’s not one thing. It’s planning, getting started, and studying all together.
The full system, with SMART Notes and the Student Operating System built in.
“I studied for hours and still did badly.”
They go to class, take pages of notes, and put in the time before a test. But the grade doesn’t match the effort, and they’re not sure what to do differently.
A way to take notes and study that shows what they actually know before the test.
“Wait, that was due today?”
They know what’s going on in their classes, but due dates live in their head, or in five different places. A missed assignment here and there is starting to add up.
Every deadline in one place, and a weekly plan to go with it.
What Changes
What changes, one week at a time
A student can sit down on Sunday ready to plan and still get stuck. There’s a quiz on Wednesday, a paper due Friday, and a work shift on Thursday. Knowing what’s due is one skill. Figuring out what to do first and when there’s time to do it takes practice.
What’s hard now
What they can practice
The paper is due Friday, and they keep putting off the first step.
Pick one part to work on for 20 minutes before their next class.
They’ve reread their notes twice and still can’t tell if they’re ready.
Close their notes, explain the main ideas from memory, and mark what to review.
They missed an assignment and feel like the week is already lost.
Check what’s still due, choose what to tackle next, and make a plan for the rest of the week.
Due dates live in their head until one slips through.
Keep every class and deadline in one place, and check it when they plan the week.
You’re still the one sending reminders from home.
They have a system of their own, so you can step back.
WHAT FAMILIES NOTICE
Small changes that add up
“This really resonates with me.”
“Every time he’s watched one of the videos or looked at the materials, his consistent comment is ‘this really resonates with me,’ and he’s been able to share tangible things that he’s connecting with and is enthusiastic about it in ways that I haven’t seen before with other EF information/coaching. I’m so grateful to you for putting this course together in a way that I think is helping [my son] learn more about himself and feel like there are tangible things he can do to help him with his future success.”
Liz · Parent of a Student Success Lab student
“The weekly planning system has already helped me stay on top of all the things I have going on in the week.”
Grace · College sophomore · Student Operating System
“I have gotten all my assignments in on time this semester!! I feel so much more confident...and happier. Thank you!”
Bryce · College freshman · Student Operating System
“I love the charting method.”
Elizabeth · College freshman · SMART Notes Blueprint
HOW IT WORKS
Three simple steps
1
Choose the course together
Start with what your student already wants help with, using the guide above.
2
Try one strategy this week
Each one is quick to learn, and they can use it with the classes they’re taking right now.
3
Keep building
With lifetime access, they can come back each semester, add a new strategy when classes get harder, and get answers to their questions along the way.
WANT MORE SUPPORT?
Want a coach alongside the course?
The courses teach the tools. These programs add live guidance while your student uses them.
Summer Jumpstart to College Success
Start college with a routine they’ve already practiced. Over five weeks this summer, your student sets up their weekly plan, their study system, and one place for every deadline, and joins a live coaching call each week to ask questions, work through what’s tricky, and learn something new. By move-in day, they aren’t figuring it out from scratch.
Momentum
Support that shows up every week, until the last final. Each Monday, a short guide lands on your student’s phone, timed to their own semester: what matters this week and one thing to try. Stuck at 11 p.m.? The Student Support Hub turns their question into one clear next step. And when they want a person, there are live office hours twice a month, live workshops, and personal replies to every message.
Questions about executive function courses for college students
Good to know before you enroll
Start with what’s hardest right now. If it’s a little of everything (planning, getting started, and studying), start with the Student Success Lab, which includes the other two. If studying is the main struggle, start with SMART Notes Blueprint. If deadlines keep slipping, start with the Student Operating System.
Choose the course together, and start with something they already want help with. If they keep missing deadlines, their first step might be putting this week’s assignments in one place. If they have a test coming up, they can try a strategy with notes they’ve already taken. Having a real reason to try the first strategy makes it easier to get started.
Less than you’d think. Your student doesn’t have to finish a whole course before it helps. They can pick the strategy they need right now, use it that week, and come back for the next one when they’re ready. Lessons are short enough to fit between classes.
For as long as the course is offered, and that includes every update. As new strategies and templates are added, your student gets them too, so they can come back each semester and pick up something new.
Yes. Both are built into the Lab. Your student can also get either one on its own if they only need that piece
They ask. Each course has a place to ask questions, and every question gets a personal answer. That matters because getting stuck is usually where students give up. Instead of guessing how a strategy fits their schedule or their classes, they can ask, get an answer for their situation, and keep going.
Yes. The courses were built with ADHD brains in mind: short lessons, clear next steps, and strategies they can try one at a time instead of overhauling everything at once. They also work for any student who struggles with planning, getting started, or studying, with or without a diagnosis.
Yes, depending on where they are. SMART Notes Blueprint works well for juniors and seniors who want a better way to study before college-level tests. The Student Success Lab is a strong fit the summer before college, so they start freshman year with a routine already in place. And if your senior would benefit from a guided series that builds executive function skills before graduation, Ready to Launch was made for exactly that.
Neither. Tutoring helps with one subject, like chemistry or calculus. These executive function courses for college students teach the skills underneath every subject: planning the week, getting started, keeping track of deadlines, and studying in a way that sticks. They aren’t counseling or therapy either. If your student already works with a tutor or therapist, the courses fit right alongside that support, and can make that time more useful, because your student shows up more organized and with a clearer sense of what’s hard for them.
Start with one thing that would make this week easier
Ask them what they’d like a little help with. Maybe it’s keeping track of what’s due, getting started on a paper, or knowing how to study for the next exam. Pick a course together and try one strategy with something they already have coming up.