Category: Accountability
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10 Transformative Adult ADHD Coping Skills
When you have adult ADHD, even simple tasks can require herculean effort. While we all deal with life’s stresses, sleep issues, and other circumstances that occasionally make it more challenging to complete daily routines, for someone who is neurodivergent—has a brain that developed differently from most—that challenge is the norm. And a common culprit is…
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Executive Function Basics: Core Skills, Contributing Factors, and Practical Tips
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in Accountability, Blog, Burnout & Overwhelm, Cognitive Flexibility, Emotional Regulation, Environment and Sensory, Executive Function Coaching, Identity and Self Concept, Motivation & Reward, Strategies and Supports, Student Resources, Task Management, Teacher Resources, Teen Resources, Time Management, Transition, Working MemoryIn a recent essay in the Wall Street Journal, author Jenny Anderson highlights the growing demand for executive functioning support, particularly executive function coaches, amongst school age children. It’s one of the rare times we’ve seen the topic pop-up in the mainstream media. This is a welcome step towards exploring, as a society, the fundamental…
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Core Executive Function Coaching Techniques for Neurodivergent Clients: A Practical Guide
When it comes to executive function coaching techniques for neurodivergent clients, a one-size-fits-all approach simply doesn’t work. ADHD and autistic clients bring unique strengths, challenges, and ways of thinking to the coaching process. The most effective strategies meet these differences head-on—transforming overwhelm into clarity and helping clients build the skills they need to thrive. In this…