Executive Function Help Resources for Building Your Executive Function Toolkit
Executive function tools, printable PDF downloads, and guides supporting EF skills like time management, organization, emotional regulation, and more. This executive function help hub connects you with supportive tools.
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Autism and ADHD Daily Planners
Executive Function Help: Neurodivergent planner layout types and explanations
Executive Function Resources By EF Skill (Support Types)
Executive Function support areas and online tools
Executive Functioning Courses (Video)
Self-paced learning to deepen understanding
Autism, ADHD and Executive Function
Executive Function Help: Specialized resources
- Adult ADHD Support
- ADHD Productivity Tips
- Autism and Executive Dysfunction
The [Reinvented] Executive Function Self-Checklist
An executive function inventory to identify strengths and areas for growth.
Apps & Digital Tools
Recommended tools for time management, focus, emotional regulation
- Time Timer App
- Calm App
- ClickUp App
Community Resources and Support Networks
Where to find connection, tips, and shared experiences.
- CHADD
- Neurodiversity Resource Page
- ADHD Reddit Community
Printable Worksheets and Guides
Welcome to a world of limitless possibilities, where the journey is as exhilarating as the destination, and where every moment is an opportunity to make your mark on the canvas of existence.
Daily Planners
Printable templates that helps you map out your week by day, ideal for organizing and prioritizing your tasks. Find the style that works best for you!
Goal Setting Worksheets
These worksheets walk you through setting specific, achievable goals and tracking your progress over time, helping you break down big goals into actionable steps.
Mindfulness Journaling
A printable journal with daily prompts to encourage mindfulness and support emotional regulation, helping you stay calm and centered.
Time Blocking Templates
Guides on time blocking, which structures your day to improve focus, reduce procrastination, and manage time more effectively.
Building Your Personal Toolkit
These resources are here to empower you to take control of your executive functioning skills, one step at a time. From apps and books to printable guides and supportive communities, the Executive Function Toolkit provides a wide array of options to help you build the skills you need to thrive. If you have a favorite tool or resource that’s been helpful on your own journey, feel free to reach out and let me know—I’m always looking to expand this list with more recommendations for our community!
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Resources for Executive Function Coaching:
Visualization and Creative Techniques
- MindfullnessExercises.com: Offers guided visualization exercises that help clients relax and visualize goals.
- Calm App: Provides calming visualizations, mindfulness exercises, and soundscapes that can help clients build visualization skills.
- Goal Map Template (Therapist Aid): This template allows clients to map out goals and actionable steps.
- Body Scan Script (Therapist Aid): This meditation script encourages clients to practice self-awareness of their physical wellbeing and pinpoint areas of discomfort in their bodies.
- Creative Journaling Prompts (Journal Buddies): Offers prompts to encourage creative exploration and reflection.
Reframing Techniques: Shifting Perspectives for Growth
- PositivePsychology.com: This collection of printable worksheets for challenging core beliefs walks clients through identifying and reframing negative thoughts.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Workbooks (via Beck Institute): Offers workbooks and exercises that help clients learn reframing techniques commonly used in CBT.
- CBT: Example and Practice Sheet (Therapist Aid): a printable CBT worksheet.
- Cognitive Restructuring Worksheet (Teachers Pay Teachers): Helps users recognize common cognitive distortions and reframe them constructively.
- Developing Balanced Core Beliefs Guide (Centre for Clinical Interventions): Printable guide with prompts for identifying and reframing limiting beliefs.
Values Clarification: Aligning Goals with Personal Meaning
- Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly Hub: Provides values-based goal-setting resources for living authentically.
- Values Clarification Worksheet (Therapist Aid): Prompts clients to reflect on key values and how they impact daily life.
- Ideal Self Worksheet (Therapist Aid): Guides clients through envisioning their ideal self and identifying the values they represent.
- Values Cards Deck (Mind Remake Project): Contains printable value cards with different values to help clients identify and discuss their top priorities.
Active Listening and Cognitive Restructuring
- Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Offers cognitive restructuring tools that can be used to help clients shift negative thoughts.
- Active Listening Exercises (Therapist Aid): Provides exercises and tips for developing active listening skills.
- Reflective Listening Practice Worksheet (Psych Point): Guides clients through listening and paraphrasing exercises to enhance active listening.
- Thought Record Sheet (Therapist Aid): Thought record worksheets help clients analyze negative thoughts, identify triggers, and practice restructuring.
- Challenging Negative Thoughts Worksheet (Therapist Aid): Printable cognitive distortions worksheet guiding clients to challenge negative thoughts..
- Thought Tracker Journal (Care Patron): Small thought tracker journals can be used for daily tracking of thoughts and practicing cognitive restructuring.
Emotional Regulation and Behavior Modification
- Emotions Reference List (Therapist Aid): A list of emotions to references.
- Emotional Exploration Scale: Provides an emotional regulation scale commonly used in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
- The Calm App: Offers guided exercises in emotional regulation, grounding, and mindfulness.
- DBT Skill IMPROVE Worksheet (Therapist Aid): A printable DBT skills worksheet to hone in skills.
- Mindfulness and Breathing Worksheets (Therapist Aid): Teaches clients grounding and breathing exercises for emotional regulation.
- ABC Model Worksheet (Psychology Tools): Helps clients identify triggers, behaviors, and consequences in the ABC behavior model.
- Emotion Regulation Strategies Worksheet (Therapist Aid): A guide for clients to track emotions and choose healthy responses.
Building Resilience and Self-Awareness
- Greater Good Science Center: Provides articles, quizzes, and videos on building resilience and emotional well-being.
- Resilience Reflection Worksheet: Encourages clients to reflect on past challenges and resilience skills they used.
- Neurodivergent Wheel of Life Worksheet: Allows clients to rate satisfaction in different life areas, with prompts for growth.
- Gratitude Exercises Worksheet (Therapist Aid): a worksheet to practice gratitude-focused reflection.
- Gratitude Letter and Journal Worksheets: A structured letter and gratitude journal worksheet that combine gratitude and resilience reflection exercises.
Positive Psychology Principles: Fostering Strength and Resilience
- Positive Psychology and Reframing Worksheets (Positive Psychology): Prompts clients to write down challenges and reframe them positively.
- Strengths-Based Goal Setting Worksheet (Therapist Aid): Guides clients in setting goals based on personal strengths.
- Gratitude Jar Kit (Therapist Aid): A gratitude activity with instructions for clients to add small notes of gratitude as a visual way to practice positivity.
- Positive Psychology Card Deck (Therapist Aid): Clients can use cards with strength-based prompts to identify and utilize their strengths.
Strengths Assessments and Utilization: Building Confidence through Strengths
- The VIA Institute on Character: Offers a free Character Strengths Survey that can help clients discover core values.
- Strengths Exploration Worksheet (Therapist Aid): Guides clients in exploring their strengths and how to apply them in different life areas.
- Applying Strengths to Challenges Worksheet (Therapy Aid): Helps clients connect strengths to specific goals or challenges.
- Strengths-Based Coaching Journal: Journals specifically focused on identifying and applying strengths in everyday life.
- Strength Mapping Cards: Cards that feature different strengths, encouraging clients to reflect on and apply them in various situations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of resources are included here?
You’ll find free printables, planning templates, strategy guides, and curated tools for strengthening executive function skills.
Q: Who can use these resources?
They’re designed for adults, students, parents, and educators — especially those with ADHD, autism, or other neurodivergent needs.
Q: How should I get started?
Start by identifying your main challenge — like time management or emotional regulation — then explore the resources in that category first.