Executive Functioning Performance Lab
A 12-Week Executive Functioning & Performance Coaching Lab that helps students build structure, motivation, and consistency to improve academic performance and confidence.
Schedule a Strategy CallDoes this sound like your student or you?
✓ Your student is overwhelmed, struggling to stay organized, missing deadlines, or falling behind because they can’t sustain motivation or follow-through.
✓ They’re coming off a difficult semester — low grades, incomplete work, withdrawals, or academic probation — and you’re worried spring will be a repeat.
✓ They shutdown when stressed, avoid hard conversations, and haven’t developed the executive functioning or emotional regulation skills college actually requires.
✓ They say they want to do better… but nothing changes, and you’re exhausted from reminding, checking in, and trying to keep them on track.
✓ You’re not sure whether they’re ready to go back, and you’re scared they may lose confidence, momentum, or their sense of direction.
That's exactly why the Executive Functioning Performance Lab exists. In 12-weeks, we focus on building structure, accountability, and momentum—so students bounce back quickly and families feel relief.
We help students recover academically, rebuild executive functioning skills, and regain confidence—so they return to campus with structure, accountability, and a system that actually works.
No more guessing.
No more hoping it “gets better next semester.”
Just a clear, proven path to academic stability, motivation, and personal resilience.
Here's what's included in your full coaching experience.
✓ Instant access to the full Academic Recovery & Executive Functioning course
Learn the exact system top-performing students use to rebuild motivation, structure, and semester success.
✓ Student & parent playbooks with the Self-Monitoring System
A proven weekly tracking method that improves consistency, reduces overwhelm, and builds independence.
✓ Weekly Student Accountability Labs (45 minutes)
Small-group coaching to help students stay organized, troubleshoot challenges, and maintain momentum all semester.
✓ Monthly Parent Strategy Sessions (60 minutes)
Training and Q&A to help you support without rescuing, communicate effectively, and reduce family stress.
✓ Student Success Community (peer support + structured check-ins)
A private group designed for accountability, encouragement, and behavioral follow-through.
✓ Parent Support Community (guided discussions + weekly insights)
Join other parents navigating the same challenges with Dr. Joel’s weekly coaching prompts and direction.
Campus services are overloaded, inconsistent, and rarely equipped to provide the structure, accountability, or performance coaching students actually need. And parents? They're almost completely left out of the process.
Executive Functioning Performance Lab fills the gap.
It’s a performance-psychology–driven academic recovery and executive functioning system that helps students rebuild momentum, stay organized, and follow through — while giving parents clarity, support, and a plan.
No guesswork. No waiting.
Just a proven structure that stabilizes, resets, and rebuilds your student’s confidence and semester performance.
VIDEO COURSE DETAILS
6 Core Modules | 24 Lessons | 3+ Hours of High-Impact Training
This curriculum combines performance psychology, executive functioning strategies, and step-by-step implementation tools. Each module includes video lessons, guided exercises, and an E-book with actionable strategies to improve focus, planning, motivation, and follow-through—so students build real, lasting academic momentum.
MODULE ONE
Understanding Your Executive Functioning Patterns
Before you can change your habits, you need to understand why you get stuck in the first place. This module helps you identify the executive functioning “underminers” that disrupt focus, motivation, planning, follow-through, and success.
What Students Learn:
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Why academic readiness ≠ executive functioning readiness
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The real reasons students become overwhelmed or stuck
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How anxiety, avoidance, perfectionism, and overload disrupt EF skills
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The personal factors that impact performance and experience
MODULE TWO
Your Performance System: Building Executive Functioning Structure
Students don’t need more motivation — they need a system. In this module, students learn to evaluate their habits, behaviors, and performance using the Performance Domains Skillcard, a simple but powerful weekly system that builds EF consistency.
What Students Learn:
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The key performance domains that influence EF success
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How to track habits, behavior patterns, and emotional cycles
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How to build a weekly EF self-monitoring routine
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How to increase accountability and reduce overwhelm
MODULE THREE
Mastering the High Performance Mindset
Executive functioning improves when mindset improves. Students learn how to think like high performers, redefine success, and manage the internal dialogue that blocks initiation, planning, and follow-through.
What Students Learn:
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How to create a performance identity instead of a perfectionist one
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How emotions influence task initiation and task completion
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How high performers manage frustration and uncertainty
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How to build mental habits that strengthen EF skills daily
MODULE FOUR
Turning Insight Into Action: Designing your EF Strategy
This module transforms awareness into action. Students create a personalized EF strategy that improves planning, reduces overwhelm, and increases productive follow-through.
What Students Learn:
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How to turn EF insights into daily routines
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How to create a personalized planning and execution system
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How to build an EF-friendly environment
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How to assemble a “performance team” for accountability
MODULE FIVE
Solving Executive Function Breakdowns
When EF breaks down, students shut down. This module teaches them how to troubleshoot common patterns—avoidance, low motivation, emotional overwhelm, relationship stress, time mismanagement—and recover quickly.
What Students Learn:
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How to respond to setbacks without spiraling
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How to restart after avoidance or shutdown
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How to reduce conflict with peers and parents
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How to manage stress and emotional overload
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How to stay grounded during uncertainty or “big life what-ifs”
MODULE six
Long-Term EF Success: Maintaining Progress and Momentum
EF struggles return when students lose structure. This module teaches students how to maintain progress, build longevity into their habits, and use the Performance Domains system to stay consistent.
What Students Learn:
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How to maintain EF progress over breaks & transitions
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How to set fair and realistic success metrics
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How to prevent regression into old habits
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How to apply the “Three-Step Performance Method” for school, career & life
this program is perfect for your student, if...
✓ They’re coming off a difficult semester and need a structured, guided plan to recover academically and rebuild confidence.
✓ They struggle with executive functioning — planning, organization, time management, task initiation, or follow-through — and it’s hurting their performance.
✓ They shut down under stress, avoid hard conversations, or feel overwhelmed by the demands of college life.
✓ They want to improve but don’t know how to start, and you’re tired of reminding, monitoring, or worrying about what’s happening behind the scenes.
✓ You want expert-led support that strengthens their independence, emotional intelligence, and ability to manage challenges — without relying on you or waiting on campus resources.
Meet Dr. Joel
Dr. Joel Ingersoll is a nationally recognized performance coach for students, parents, business leaders, and athletes. Over the past 20+ years, he has coached and trained thousands of students across more than 200 colleges and universities, helping them rebound from setbacks, develop independence, and build the life and career skills today’s world demands.
He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, an M.A. in Applied Social Psychology, and a Master Coach Certification (CMC). He is the founder of the Center for Psychological Health & Fitness, creator of multiple college readiness and performance programs, and host of the Mental Health University podcast. He has also developed MasterClasses on college adjustment, resilience, and bouncing back from subpar semesters.
Joel’s work has been featured in academic journals and national media outlets for his expertise in student performance, parenting, and the integration of fitness with mental well-being. He has advised student organizations, supported college wellness initiatives, and consulted with athletic teams and coaching staffs as a sports psychology and performance consultant.
With decades of experience across clinical, academic, and coaching spaces, Joel blends psychology, performance science, and practical strategies into a holistic coaching system that helps students, parents, and professionals move from stuck to unstoppable.
What students and parents are saying:
"Dr. Joel's Course and Coaching changed the way I approached my college semester and experience and helped me find ways to excel."
S. G. | University of Michigan
"Dr. Joel's coaching program is awesome for anyone trying to maximize their peak performance.”
R. J. | UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
Ready to get started?
Full Semester Group Coaching, video course, E-books, private community group
$2495
Monthly Payment Option ($500/month)
Purchase & Register!Who is this program for?
The Executive Functioning Performance Lab is designed for college students (and college-bound high school students) who struggle with:
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Executive functioning (organization, planning, follow-through)
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Academic recovery after a difficult semester
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Avoidance, shutdown, or overwhelm
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Time management and consistency
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Low motivation, burnout, or loss of confidence
It’s also built for parents who want expert guidance—NOT more reminding, nagging, or worrying.
If you want structure, accountability, measurable progress, and a plan for spring semester success, this program is for you.
Is this therapy?
No.
This is not therapy, and it does not replace psychotherapy or clinical treatment.
EFPL is a performance psychology–based coaching program focused on:
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Executive functioning
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Academic performance
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Emotional intelligence skills
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Resilience and stress management
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Goal setting and follow-through
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Accountability and structure
Students and parents never discuss diagnoses or private health information.
Dr. Joel functions exclusively as a certified performance coach, not a clinician, in this program.
Will my student be required to share personal issues in the group?
No.
This is not a “therapy-style” group.
Students engage in:
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skill-building
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weekly planning
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accountability check-ins
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problem-solving
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performance strategies
Nothing emotional or personal is required to be shared.
This is a safe, structured, skills-based environment, not group processing.
How much of a time commitment is required from my student?
Students attend:
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one 45-minute weekly Accountability Lab
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review a short weekly training lesson
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complete the Self-Monitoring System (5 minutes/day)
The program is designed for overwhelmed students and actually reduces stress by creating clarity and structure.
Do I (the parent) have a role?
Yes — but not a stressful one.
Parents attend:
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one 60-minute Parent Strategy Session per month
These sessions teach you how to support your student without micromanaging, reduce conflict, improve communication, and understand what your student is learning each week.
Parents love this component — it brings calm, clarity, and confidence back into the home.
Can we upgrade to include 1:1 coaching or additional support?
Absolutely.
Families can upgrade at any time to add:
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1:1 Executive Function Coaching
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Academic Recovery Intensives
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Parent Coaching Sessions
These upgrades are optional and priced separately.
Can a high school junior or senior join EFPL?
Yes — and in many cases, they benefit even more.
High school students preparing for college learn:
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Executive functioning skills before arriving on campus
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Transition skills that reduce overwhelm
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Academic habits that support independence
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Emotional intelligence tools that prevent shutdowns
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A realistic understanding of college expectations
Early preparation is one of the strongest predictors of college success.
This program gives high schoolers a massive head start.
What if my student is unmotivated or resistant?
You’re not alone—most students resist help at first because they feel ashamed or overwhelmed.
EFPL is designed specifically for:
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shutdown
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avoidance
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low motivation
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inconsistency
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rebound from failure
Once students see the clear structure and small achievable wins each week, engagement increases quickly.
(Parents consistently say, “This is the first thing my student actually stuck with.”)
What results should we expect?
While every student begins at a different starting point, the Accelerator consistently helps students:
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Improve organization and planning
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Increase follow-through and reduce avoidance
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Rebuild confidence after setbacks
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Develop emotional intelligence and resilience
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Recover academically and stabilize performance
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Reduce overwhelm and procrastination
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Build habits that last beyond one semester
Parents report reduced stress, better communication, and a feeling of “Finally — we have a plan that works.”
Next Step: Schedule an Enrollment Call with Dr. Joel
This call is designed to give you clarity—and determine whether your student is a strong fit for the Executive Functioning Performance Lab.
During your call, we will:
✅ Assess your student’s current executive functioning profile and the patterns behind their overwhelm, avoidance, or shutdown
✅ Identify the specific EF breakdowns—planning, organization, task initiation, emotional regulation, follow-through—that are creating academic stress
✅ Review what’s already been tried (therapy, tutoring, school supports) and why results haven’t lasted
✅ Map out what your student needs next to regain momentum, confidence, and consistency before another semester slips by
✅ Walk you through the Performance Lab structure so you understand exactly how coaching, accountability, and the Performance Skillcard create measurable change
✅ Determine whether this program is the right match for your student’s needs and your family’s goals
This is not a generic sales call.
It’s a strategic consultation designed to give you answers—and a clear path forward.
