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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.
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Understand ADHD and executive function.
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Design contexts that reduce barriers.
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Build strategies and bridge skills to performance.
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Develop ownership, strengths and self advocacy.
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Understanding ADHD: 7 Must-Read Books for Educators and Parents
Discover our top 7 books about ADHD for educators and parents. Gain valuable insights and actionable tips to better understand… Read more
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Understanding the Lesser Known Challenges of ADHD: What Teachers Need to Know
ADHD encompasses far more than just inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. In fact, a difficulty with attention, excess energy and impulsivity… Read more
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Embracing Neurodiversity: Empowering Students with ADHD
Neurodiversity is a powerful concept that celebrates the natural variations in the human brain, recognizing that neurological differences, like those… Read more
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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
