Category: Executive Function
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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 practitioners. Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) refers to a phenomenon frequently observed in individuals with ADHD that describes an intense vulnerability to the perceived threat of rejection, criticism, or failure. “No one likes to be rejected…
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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 to include tests of executive function into our evaluations? Executive function is woven into every single school based occupation. As school-based occupational therapy practitioners(OTP’s), our responsibility is to identify both the barriers and bridges that…
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Overcoming Homework Challenges for Students with ADHD
With Halloween just around the corner, let’s delve into something that can be downright scary for many families – homework. For students with ADHD, the challenges with homework often feels like a nightly horror show, and caregivers can relate to the suspense of watching a scary movie unfold, yelling, “No! Don’t do it. Don’t open…
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Executive Function Coaching for ADHD -What is it, does it work and can an OTP do it?
Using Executive Function Coaching in School-Based Occupational Therapy to Facilitate Performance of Students with ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental difference that impacts the development of self regulation and executive functions. Difficulties in executive functions significantly impact classroom performance . Research has shown that coaching executive functions can be a successful intervention…