Executive Dysfunction
Your Executive Functions Are Weak. Here’s Why.
ADHD and Executive Function Disorder (EFD) are tightly linked, but far from synonymous....
Executive Dysfunction
How to Sharpen Executive Functions: Activities to Hone Brain Skills
Executive functioning skills range from working memory to cognitive flexibility to...
Executive Dysfunction
It’s Easy to Hover Over a Child with Executive Function Deficits. Don’t.
Executive functioning might be a key part of human behavior, but ADHD can make it tricky...
Executive Dysfunction
Treatments for Weak Executive Functions
Parents, add these strategies to your repertoire: Therapies, reward systems, and...
Executive Dysfunction
What Is Executive Function? 7 Deficits Tied to ADHD
What is executive function? The cognitive skills that help us plan, prioritize, and...
Executive Dysfunction
Your Brain’s GPS Is Glitchy: Why Working Memory Fails and How to Bolster It
Verbal and non-verbal working memory are two of your seven executive functions. They are...
Free Downloads
Top 25 Downloads from ADDitude’s First 25 Years
Executive function worksheets, decision-making guides, and emotional regulation scripts...
Executive Dysfunction
The Adult ADHD Mind: Executive Function Connections
A chef who can't find her ingredients. An orchestra trying to play without a conductor....
Executive Dysfunction
What Is Executive Dysfunction?
Executive function skills enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and...
Executive Dysfunction
Executive Dysfunction, Explained!
Executive dysfunction is a brain-based impairment that impacts a person's ability to...
Executive Functions
When Executive Functions Falter and Fail
Executive functions are the skills that help us organize projects, manage processes,...
Executive Functions
8 Executive Function Books Parents Need to Read
Help your child or teen with ADHD improve their working memory, time management, focus,...
Executive Functions
Your Child’s 7 Executive Functions — and How to Boost Them
One hallmark of ADHD is executive function trouble — problems planning, organizing, or...
Executive Dysfunction
What Parents Misunderstand About Executive Function
A 7-year-old with ADHD has the executive functioning skills of a 4- or 5-year-old. A...
Executive Functions
7 Executive Functioning Deficits That Deflate Motivation for Teens with ADHD
Executive dysfunction causes problems with planning, organizing, prioritizing, and...
Executive Functions
The Testing Ground for Executive Functions? Sixth Grade
Middle school is hell for many kids. Aside from social struggles, many begin to miss...
Symptom Tests
[Self-Test] Could Your Child Have an Executive Function Deficit?
Up to 90% of kids with ADHD have executive function deficits. Take this symptom self-test...
Executive Functions
Executive Function Unlocked
Educators share their top tips for developing stronger executive function skills and...
Executive Functions
The Educator’s Guide to Executive Functions: How to Understand and Support Students in Need
Executive functioning develops more slowly in students with ADHD. Teachers may notice...
Executive Functions
Bridging Executive Function Gaps in Middle School: ADHD Strategies for Distance Learning
Executive functions strain and suffer in middle school as workloads increase and...