Shining With ADHD by The Childhood Collective #190: Supporting Executive Function: What to Expect at Every Stage
SHINING WITH ADHD
#190: Supporting Executive Function: What to Expect at Every Stage
The Childhood Collective
3/26/2025
SUMMARY
Today, we’re diving into executive function skills, how they typically develop, and ideas to support at each stage. It’s critical to understand that kids with ADHD are likely developing executive function skills more slowly than their peers. As parents, when we understand what is developmentally appropriate for our kids, we can set realistic expectations and support their growth!
MEET OUR TEAM
We are Lori, Mallory, and Katie. Lori and Mallory are child psychologists, and Katie is a speech language pathologist. Most importantly, we are moms, just like you. After working with families over a combined total of 40 years, we saw a need to provide ongoing support and education to parents raising children with ADHD.
LINKS + RESOURCES
Episode #101: Introduction to Executive Functions
Episode #128: I Suspect ADHD, but My Child is Too Young for a Diagnosis
6 Keys to Raising a Happy and Independent Child with ADHD
Executive Function Skills by Age blog
The Childhood Collective Instagram
Have a question or want to share some thoughts? Shoot us an email at hello@thechildhoodcollective.com
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Board Games for Kids with ADHD
Board games are a natural way to help kids build their executive functioning and cooperation skills. When we polled the community about your favorite board games for kids with ADHD, you gave us hundreds of ideas! We narrowed them down to the games that got the most votes, and sorted them by age. Check out our top recommendations for board games for kids with ADHD, and let us know how it goes.
Board Games for Kids with ADHD
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Creating Calm Course
Creating Calm is a video-based course that will teach you simple, step-by-step strategies to help you parent a happy and independent child with ADHD (ages 4-12 years old). Whenever and wherever you have an internet connection. Use the code PODCAST for 10% off!