For many parents, ADHD is a diagnosis fraught with stigma and confusion, leaving parents wondering how best to advocate for and intervene with their child or teen. Develop a roadmap for supporting children and teens who have difficulties with attention Read more >>
ADHD and Learning Differences: Are They Related? [presentation]
What is the relationship between ADHD and learning differences? ADHD and learning differences can often occur together. How can you effectively support a child that experiences both learning and attention issues? How do you know what issues you should pay Read more >>
Age Appropriate Executive Functioning Skills & Strategies to Build Persistence [downloadable]
Simply put, executive functioning skills are the set of mental skills that we use to plan, organize and complete tasks. These skills develop over time and at different rates in individual children. Persistence, or grit refers to how a child Read more >>
Like a lot of children with learning issues, my son doesn’t leap out of bed eager to get ready for school. Our morning routine had always been rushed and manic. Sometimes I’d spend the whole morning just trying to get him Read more >>
Essential Executive Functioning Skills for Back to School [presentation] [downloadable]
In this parent workshop on Executive Functioning skills for middle and high school success, Ali Meyers, Co-Director of Meyers Learning Center, provides strategies for building these critical, developing capacities in everyday ways. Read more >>
Activities to Help Your Child Develop Executive Function Skills [downloadable]
Executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. Children aren’t born with these skills—they are born with the potential to develop them. Read more >>
All youth need to develop a set of core life skills to manage school, work, outside interests, and social relationships successfully. From the perspective of brain development, these skills include planning, focus, self-control, awareness, and flexibility—also known as “executive function” Read more >>
Using the Coach Approach to Connect & Empower Your Student [presentation] [downloadable]
In this session for educators, executive function coach and consultant Vanessa Fasoli from Spark Focus explains how students’ executive function skills can be fostered through coaching techniques and strategies. Read more >>
Executive Function Strategies for Summer
As summer approaches, kids and teens grow antsy, counting the days until school lets out. Visions of sleeping late and hanging out with friends fill their heads, without distractions like homework, extracurricular activities or, well, school! Meanwhile, parents worry that Read more >>
Be inspired by hearing about the unique ways you can add value because of your ADHD—with your friends, family, work, school, community, and the world. The presenter, Ross Loofbourrow, was diagnosed in elementary school with ADHD and auditory processing issues. Read more >>
