Executive Functions
How to Activate Your Child’s ADHD Brain for Distance Learning
Weak executive functions sabotage our kids’ efforts to organize, plan ahead, and make smooth...
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Guest Blogs
Hovering at Home: How Parents Threaten Executive Function Development
Picture your child with ADHD moving through their classes during a typical (pre-COVID) school day....
Ask the Experts
Q: I Need Scaffolding Strategies for Homework Time!
“Scaffolding is all about strengthening the executive functioning muscle. It provides structure and...
ADDitude ADHD Experts Podcast
Listen to “Rev Up Your Child’s Executive Functions for a Successful School Year” with Rebecca Branstetter, Ph.D., and Elizabeth A. Sautter, MA, CCC
Tune in to learn how you can train your child’s brain to pay attention and follow through with these...
On-Demand Webinars
Free Webinar Replay: Rev Up Your Child’s Executive Functions for a Successful School Year
In this hour long webinar on demand, learn how to boost your child's executive functions for the...
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 delays in the...
Ask the Experts
Your Child Is Not Lazy. He Is Overwhelmed.
What parents perceive as laziness may be ADHD — specifically, the executive dysfunction that impairs...
ADDitude ADHD Experts Podcast
Listen to “Boosting Your Teen’s Executive Functions and Building Independence — Together” with Peg Dawson, Ed.D.
Tune in as Peg Dawson, Ed.D., offers parents the new tools they'll need to manage these turbulent...
ADDitude ADHD Experts Podcast
Listen to “How to Become an Executive Function Detective at School and at Home” with Maureen Bechard, M.S., and Karen Huberty, M.Ed.
Tune in to listen as Maureen Bechard, M.S., and Karen Huberty, M.Ed., teach parents how to pinpoint...
Guest Blogs
“But I Went to Law School! I Couldn’t Possibly Have… Oh.”
“As the kids say, I was ‘shook.’ But in a strange way, receiving my ADHD diagnosis also felt like...
Guest Blogs
“I Envy Your Honor Roll Student — And That Makes Me Equal Parts Ashamed and Resolved”
“My husband and I grew up as 'overachievers,' but our daughter struggles with everything — and that...
On-Demand Parenting Webinars
Free Webinar Replay: How to Become an Executive Function Detective
In this hour-long webinar-on-demand, learn how parents can become executive function detectives for...