Executive Functions
Executive functions are a set of cognitive processes needed to plan and execute complex projects on time. These skills are weak in many people with ADHD. Learn why, and what to do about it.
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When Executive Functions Falter and Fail
Executive functions are the skills that help us organize projects, manage processes, anticipate...
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Q: “Why Can’t My 10-Year-Old Remember to Make His Bed?”
ADHD impacts a child’s executive age, causing a 30% delay in skills related to planning,...
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Free Checklist: Common Executive Function Challenges — and Solutions
Share the accommodations listed in this free checklist with your child's teacher to better address...
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Q: How Do I Solve the Getting-in-to-the-Routine Habit Problem?
Children with ADHD have delayed executive functions — which means setting up (and sticking to)...
For Teachers
Lost, Late, or Burnt Out?
A student with ADHD may start off the school year organized and eager to do her best, but become...
Executive Functions
The Parent’s Guide to Executive Functioning Skills
How to model prioritization, self-monitoring, and organization skills for your children...
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Dear Organizing Coach: How Can I Help My Child Remember on His Own?
Remembering everything for school is a matter of executive functioning, which is challenged in...
On-Demand Webinars
Free Webinar Replay: The Right Way to Train Your ADHD Brain
In this hour-long webinar-on-demand, learn how brain training apps can improve executive functions...
Learning Challenges
“How Our Teen Became His Own Best Advocate”
It takes a village to make sure children and teens with ADHD get the support they need to thrive....
Teens with ADHD
10 Ways to Improve Your Teen’s Executive Skills
When your teen needs help on tasks, but pushes you away, here’s how you can work with her to turn her...
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ADHD & the Art of Persistence: Teaching Goal-Setting Skills
Does delayed executive function maturity make it hard for your child to achieve his goals? Here, tips...
Learning Challenges
Why Writing Is So Painful for Kids with ADHD
Math and reading are likely no walk in the park, either. And it all traces back to executive...
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Free Resource: Boost Your Teen’s Executive Functions
Your teen wants independence — but her executive functions (or lack thereof) may be holding her back....
Free Webinar Replay: How to Become an Executive Function Detective
Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#289), and download the slide presentation...