Does your child:

· Struggle with staying focused or completing tasks?

· Have difficulty making and keeping friends?

· Find organization difficult?

· Have frequent mood swings?

If so, your child may have deficits in executive functioning. Most children with ADHD, autism spectrum and learning disorders have executive weaknesses.  Parents often have many questions about executive function:  What is it?  Why is this a problem? How can we help our child get better at this executive stuff?

Executive functions include:

  • organizing
  • prioritizing
  • focusing
  • sustaining and shifting focus to tasks
  • regulating alertness and processing speed
  • managing frustration and regulating emotions
  • working memory,
  • self-monitoring and regulating action (often called inhibiting)

Parenting a child with executive functioning deficits is challenging and confusing. Most kids with ADHD, learning disabilities and  Asperger’s Syndrome have average or above average intelligence, so many adults wonder why basic tasks of turning off the TV, getting ready for school, going to bed, or completing basic homework assignments are a challenge. Parenting techniques that work for other children such as incentives and consequences don’t work well for kids with executive functioning weaknesses. They seem motivated to get things done, socialize with peers, and earn rewards but they just don’t seem able to meet the expectations.

Child Development Partners is the ONLY therapeutic practice focused exclusively on helping children with executive dysfunction and their families.  I’m Dr. Susan Giurleo, psychologist and coach to families living with executive dysfunction.  I  have developed programs and  workshops for parents and families managing the day-to-day realities of living with children who are smart, but disorganized, moody and often overwhelmed.

Most importantly, we are a community of parents and professionals who “get it,” and understand the joys, frustrations, and mixed emotions that come with parenting children with unique  personalities and learning styles.

I invite you to read the blog and connect with others who share your world of living with a child with executive dysfunctions, you will feel empowered and inspired to make change in your and your child’s life to make life easier, less stressful and increase your child’s academic and social success. It is all possible with the right tools and the right support.

Please join us. Sign up for my free report:   “Parenting Your Disorganized Child: 21 Ways to Survive and Thrive!”  to immediately start learning specific strategies to make life easier for your child and the whole family.