ADHD Experts Podcast 493- An Educators' Guide to Fortifying Executive Function
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Mar 12, 2024 Educator Brandon Slade shares tips on boosting executive function skills in students with ADHD, emphasizing the importance of planning and time management. Topics cover misconceptions, mindset, routines, advocacy, and emotional control. Strategies for educators include setting clear schedules, promoting growth mindset, and using tools like Time Timer. Success stories highlight collaboration between educators and parents to support students with ADHD.
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From Student Struggles To EF Coach
- Brandon described his ADHD diagnosis at five and struggles in college that forced him to build routines from scratch.
- He later taught special education, became a school psychologist, and founded Untapped Learning to help students with EF deficits.
What Executive Function Really Is
- Executive function is the set of cognitive processes that turn big goals into daily actionable steps.
- It includes time management, organization, focus, task initiation, emotional regulation, flexibility, working memory, planning and metacognition.
Use Discipline To Create Freedom
- Apply the discipline-equals-freedom mindset: build small, consistent routines to free mental energy later.
- Example: attend 30 minutes of office hours to save hours later on tasks and studying.