Focus on Executive Function Skills

For kids with ADHD, EF impairments are typically “chronic and severe” and the consequences of lacking focus and sustained attention can be considerable. Learning to drive is an example of this.

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Promoting Responsibility

by Eve Kessler, Esq.
for Smart Kids with LD

Promoting responsibility and independence in kids requires parents to step back from doing things for them rather than with them. Breaking the pattern involves motivating new behaviors through positive communication and encouragement.

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Raise Self-Regulated Learners

by Peg Dawson, EdD, NCSP, with Eve Kessler, Esq.
for Smart Kids with LD

For parents of teens with weak executive functions, helping your kids improve these skills takes a concerted and intentional effort, some of which may not come naturally. Applying these strategies can help you find the balance between too much support and not enough.

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Strategies for Building Executive Function Skills

by Peg Dawson, EdD, NCSP, with Eve Kessler, Esq.
for Smart Kids with LD

Students with ADHD and other learning challenges often have weak executive function skills. Strengthening these skills will benefit your child at school and beyond. Share this article’s strategies with your child’s teacher, and follow them at home as well.

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Teens and Executive Function Skills

by Peg Dawson, EdD, NCSP, with Eve Kessler, Esq.
for Smart Kids with LD

The turbulence associated with adolescence is partially due to underdeveloped executive functions, putting teens at risk for unhealthy behaviors. You can counter these natural tendencies by explicitly teaching executive function skills.

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Understanding Inattentive ADHD

by Eve Kessler, Esq.
for Smart Kids with LD

Inattentive ADHD is characterized by the ability to focus intensely on areas of interest while paying little or no attention to tasks that are unexciting. Here, Dr. Thomas Brown, a leading expert in the field, explains the nuances of this form of ADHD along with the challenges of diagnosing it.

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Executive Function Skills

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS

PRESENTATIONS

Does Your Child Have the Big 10 Life Skills?

Julie Swanson “The Life Skills Lady”

How to Help Your Elementary School Child Develop Organizational Skills for Distance Learning and for Life

Mary Murphy, PhD

Executive Function Skills: How Can We Help Our Children in Elementary School?

Allison Tables, MA, NCC, LPC Susan Chandler

How to Help Your Middle- and High-Schooler Develop Organizational Skills for Distance Learning and for Life

Mary Murphy, PhD

Executive Function Skills: How Can We Help Our Children in Middle and High School?

Allison Tables, MA, NCC, LPC Susan Chandler

Ten Practical Strategies to Help Your Children Improve Their Executive Function Skills

Mary Murphy, PhD

Academic Coaching: Empowering Students with ADHD and Executive Function Challenges

Kelly Schwenkmeyer, MEd

ARTICLES FOR PARENTS

VIDEOS

Julie Swanson
“The Life Skills Lady”

Executive Function Skills:
How Can We Help Our Children in Elementary School?

Allison Tables, MA, NCC, LPC
Susan Chandler

Executive Function Skills:
How Can We Help Our Children in Middle and High School?

Allison Tables, MA, NCC, LPC
Susan Chandler

Academic Coaching:
Empowering Students with ADHD and
Executive Function Challenges