Actionable Support for Students with ADHD
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Packed with evidence based strategies to use today
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Handwriting Is Not a Behavior: So Why Are Kids Getting in Trouble for It?
When handwriting is treated as a behavior, we punish unmet developmental needs instead of teaching missing skills. This post breaks… Read more
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Classroom Management for Students with ADHD- The Three P’s
Every classroom runs on routines. From lining up to turning in homework, these daily classroom management procedures and systems create… Read more
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The Executive Function Disconnect: What Everyone Gets Wrong About ADHD
ADHD isn’t about learning skills it’s about using them in real time. Learn why executive function training alone falls short… Read more
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Why Writing Falls Apart for Students with ADHD
Discover why handwriting interventions often fail students with ADHD. Learn how executive function breakdowns, not motor skills, are the real… Read more
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When ADHD Strategy Use Breaks Down
How to Help Students Actually Use the Strategies They Learn Remembering to use a management strategy is a task in… Read more
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Functional Cognition: The Missing Strategy in ADHD Support
ADHD is grossly misunderstood as a “behavioral condition,” one where individuals simply need to “try harder” or “behave better.” This… Read more
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School Based OT for Students with ADHD: A Response to Research
Clarifying the Role of Occupational Therapy In a recent article published in the Journal of School Psychology, Dr. G.A. Fabiano… Read more
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The Hidden Side of Impulsivity in ADHD: It’s Not Just Hyperactivity
When people hear impulsivity, they often picture a hyperactive child who can’t sit still, blurting out answers and constantly moving. But… Read more
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ADHD Accommodations : 10 Must Know Legal Rights
Supporting a child with ADHD goes beyond simply acknowledging their challenges. It requires understanding their legal rights and advocating for… Read more
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2024 Highlights: ADHD Support and Resources
As 2024 comes to a close, I’m filled with gratitude for an incredible year of growth, learning, and connection. Your… Read more
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Essential ADHD Gifts for Kids 2024
Still shopping for the perfect ADHD-friendly gifts? We’ve got you covered! This curated list features thoughtful, practical, and easy-to-find gift… Read more
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Glimmers: Positive Thinking Strategies for ADHD
Help students with ADHD cope with negativity bias using positive thinking strategies. Learn how glimmers build resilience, self-esteem, and success. Read more
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How to Help Kids with ADHD Focus: Effective Classroom Prompts
How often do you find yourself telling students to ‘focus’? Ask any teacher, and the answer is often “too many.”… Read more
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10 Tips to Help Teachers Understand ADHD
10 essential tips for explaining ADHD to educators and parents effectively. Help bridge the understanding gap, dispel myths, and promote… Read more
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Empowering Strength Based ADHD Strategies
Stop Trying Harder and Try Differently As school-based professionals, it’s easy to fall into the habit of expecting every student… Read more
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The Most Effective Sensory Support for Learners with ADHD
ADHD and sensory issues? The most effective evidence-based classroom sensory support for learners with ADHD. Read more
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ADHD and Sensory Processing: Overlapping Symptoms Explained
Swimming in Sensory Referrals As a school-based occupational therapist, the term “sensory” gets thrown around a lot these days. Twenty… Read more
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Empowering Independence: Universal SOPs for Supporting Students with ADHD
Discover effective strategies to support students with ADHD in the classroom. Learn how universal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) can improve… Read more
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Shifting Focus from Effort to Strategy: Empowering Students with ADHD
Effort is a fundamental aspect of success, or so we’ve been led to believe. From early childhood, we’re taught the… Read more
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Strengthening Executive Function Literacy the Classroom
Promoting executive function literacy. Learn how to promote awareness and understanding among students and educators with practical strategies and valuable… Read more
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School-Based OTP’s Role in Executive Functions
It’s Integrated, Not Separate Many school based occupational therapy practitioners (OTP) struggle with their role in supporting executive functions in… Read more
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Surviving IEP Season
Executive Function and ADHD Resources to Help School-Based OTs Navigate IEPs You grow weary of hearing the word “effort,” tired… Read more
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An Untapped Resource Within the School Setting for Supporting ADHD
School Based Occupational Therapy for ADHD? Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) presents significant challenges for both students and teachers in… Read more
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The Impact of School-Induced Shame on Students with ADHD
There is no doubt that a teacher’s role in our children’s lives is pivotal, with an impact that resonates far… Read more
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Effective IEPs for Students with ADHD: 5 Steps to Better PLEPS
Part 2: Writing Compliant Present Levels of Performance In the first post in our IEP series, we learned ”… Read more
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Effective IEPs for Students with ADHD: Present Levels of Performance
Present Levels of Performance: What Box? It’s a common misconception that students with ADHD solely have 504 plans. While a… Read more
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Using a Strength-Based Approach to Empower Learners with ADHD
“Students with ADHD receive 20,000 more negative messages by the time they are 12 than students without ADHD. “Michael Jellinek … Read more
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Navigating RSD in the Classroom
Why Rejection Hits Hard for Students with ADHD Understanding the challenges faced by students with ADHD is crucial for school-based… Read more
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Executive Function Tests for School-Based Occupational Therapists
What executive function tests do you include in your school based occupational therapy evaluation? Do school based OT’s even need… Read more
The EASE Framework
Stop Just Managing Behavior. Start Supporting Performance.
You’ve Tried Everything… But nothing sticks..
- Sticker charts didn’t work
- Behavior plans faded fast
- Rewards, reminders, and redirections aren’t enough
- You’re not seeing sustainable change
The problem?
You’re being asked to manage behavior without the tools to support the brain-based challenges behind it.
ADHD Is About Performance, Not Behavior. ADHD isn’t about what a child knows, it’s about what they can do in the moment.
The EASE Framework helps school based professionals support participation and performance by addressing functional cognition and self regulation, not just surface behavior.
The EASE Framework: A Clear 4-Step Plan to Support ADHD in Schools
- Educate : Support starts with understanding. Caregiver education is a primary evidenced based intervention. Teachers are caregivers too. To effectively support a student with ADHD caregivers must understand the brain they are working with.
- Accommodate: Reduce the cognitive load and adjust the environment to mitigate the impact ADHD has on learning.
- Scaffold: Support the student’s current executive function abilities, without lowering expectations or removing responsibility. We don’t excuse responsibility, we build the capacity to meet it.
- Empower: Teach students to try differently, not harder, using brain-aligned strategies that actually work.
Kids with ADHD don’t need to try harder; they need a framework to try differently and succeed.
When we Educate the adults, Accommodate the environment, Scaffold executive function, and Empower students to try differently, not harder, we don’t just respond to behavior…we reduce it by building the skills that make participation possible.
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