Category: Neurodivergent-Friendly Planners
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Part II: Why Most Daily Planners Fail People with ADHD and Autism
[This EF blog post is second in a three part series and follows Part I: The Invisible Struggle with Planners—”I was unsupported, not undisciplined.”] Almost 20 years after receiving my first planner in middle school, my therapist started mentioning this concept of ‘executive function.’ She mentioned it here and there in conversations, and for a…
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Part I: The Invisible Struggle with Planners — “I was unsupported, not undisciplined.”
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in Accountability, Blog, Burnout & Overwhelm, Cognitive Flexibility, Emotional Regulation, Environment and Sensory, Identity and Self Concept, Motivation & Reward, Neurodivergent-Friendly Planners, PDF, Printable & Downloads, Strategies and Supports, Student Resources, Task Management, Teacher Resources, Teen Resources, Time Management, Transition, Working MemoryWhen I got to the 6th grade back in the early 2000s, the school began providing planners at the very beginning of each academic year. I remember flipping through my new planner for the first time—I was so excited to hold it, flip through it, and think about all the things I’d write in it.…