Does everyone in your family seem to need help with organization? In families where a parent or even both have ADHD as well as the kids, mornings and evenings can seem chaotic. In families where the parents’ natural organizational process are different from each other or from their kids’ process, life can seem chaotic. I […]
The parts we ordered online came in so we finished her closet this past weekend. There are now four drawers. Three holding pants and one holding personal care items like her hairbrush and make-up. The boxes underneath are medical supplies that she will go through in a month. She is very happy with her closet and […]
I have a daughter who uses a wheelchair. She is 20 years old. She is funny, compassionate and hardworking. She is a huge sports fan; particularly the Pittsburgh Penguins. Our home, on the other hand, is older and not build for someone in a wheelchair. We don’t have the money to gut the inside of […]
It is remarkable to me, and constantly surprising, how different my own children are. Not just from each other but from my husband and I as well. I get calls often from parents who are called because they have “tried everything” to help organize their son or daughter but nothing seems to be working. We […]
Failure. No one likes it but it teaches us so much. As adults, we know that failing in middle school so doesn’t matter in the long run. It may hurt, be embarrassing or seem like the world is ending at 12 but no one is going to ask you about middle school at a college […]
Every teen or young adult wants autonomy. Recently, I started coaching a 23-year-old woman whose mother is a bit of a helicopter because of the young woman’s lack of executive function (EF) skills. Her overall coaching goal is to be independent. Part of the issue is past mistakes and family dynamics, they have a therapist for that […]
These days it seems that kids are signed up for so many activities both during the school year and for summer vacation. Kids don’t seem to have time to be kids. They are constantly being told what activity they are going to be doing. When I was ten years old, I got my first watch […]
Everyone wants to be the best they can be. If focusing is something you struggle with take this summer to make some self-improvements or learn something you have always wanted to know more about. You don’t have to do something boring to improve your ability to focus. What you chose may not even seem like […]
I often hear “my kid is really smart; if he can get through school, he’ll be fine.” No, he won’t. Sorry but it’s true. We hear about executive function (EF)skills in relationship to being an important part of academic success but they are so much more. EF skills are basic skills for life regardless of […]
Executive Function Skills are an essential part of being a functional adult but many situations, moods, experiences, conditions and well life… can affect them. It is not about having these skills or not but do I have access to them right now in this moment? Here I want to talk about how depression can affect […]
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