ADHD is not a behavior problem. It is a performance problem.
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The EASE Framework
The EASE Framework is a functional model for supporting ADHD that helps professionals and caregivers understand performance breakdowns, design supportive contexts, and collaboratively build strategies that work for how the ADHD brain actually functions.
Educate
Understand ADHD and executive function.
Accommodate
Design contexts that reduce barriers.
Scaffold
Build strategies and bridge skills to performance.
Empower
Develop ownership, strengths and self advocacy.
Not more effort. Different effort.
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Fidgets and ADHD: A Focus Tool or a Toy?
Navigating the Gray Area Long before TikTok, school-based occupational therapy practitioners commonly provided “fidgets” to students in need of an… Read more
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The Complexities of Attention: Supporting Students with ADHD
How often do you hear the statement “They have trouble with attention” when discussing a child’s academic or behavioral performance? Or… Read more
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ADHD and Emotional Regulation
When Emotional Dysregulation Creates a Barrier to Learning for Students with ADHD How to Help in the School Setting I… Read more
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Understanding “Behavioral Interventions” for ADHD- School Based OT’s Role
It’s behavior, not OT? Students with ADHD often experience challenging behaviors that can significantly impact their learning and occupational performance… Read more
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Exploring ADHD Time Blindness: What It Is and What It Means for Classroom Behavior
The content explores time blindness in individuals with ADHD, impacting their temporal awareness and time management. It describes the development… Read more
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How to Support Handwriting Acquisition for Students with ADHD
tudents with ADHD learn best from structured and explicit instruction. This post will provide the reader with evidence-based interventions that… Read more
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Accommodations for Students with ADHD
Accommodations are Evidenced Based Interventions Accommodations are one of the most effective evidence-based interventions available for students with ADHD in… Read more
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ADHD and Social Skills, Perspective Taking
What Teachers Need to Know “But he’s not even sorry” ! When a child does something wrong, for example, breaks… Read more
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ADHD- Improving Self Control in the Classroom
Students with ADHD have significant difficulty with self-control, which subsequently impacts their functional performance in the classroom. Many find it impossible to… Read more
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Homework Horrors – Improving Homework Performance for Students with ADHD
With Halloween coming up (on a Monday!), I figured we could talk about something scary. Homework! Homework is the most… Read more
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Task Initiation and ADHD Strategies and Support for Getting Started
Task Initiation is the ability to begin an assigned task whether interested or not. This is a core executive function… Read more
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Using Speech to Text to Support Written Expression in Students with ADHD
Students with ADHD often exhibit pervasive difficulty meeting writing demands in the classroom environment. Providing speech to text as an… Read more
