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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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
