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Executive Function at Home: Practical Strategies for Supporting ADHD and Autistic Kids with Routines, Tasks, and Getting Things Done

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About Course

If your child struggles to start homework, move between activities, or hold a routine together, this course explains why – and what to actually do about it. You will learn how executive function differences affect planning, memory, and task initiation in children with ADHD, autism, or both, and how to build home systems that work with your child’s brain rather than against it. Every strategy is practical, evidence-informed, and designed to reduce daily conflict while building real independence.

What Will You Learn?

  • Explain what executive function is and which specific skills are most affected in children with ADHD, autism, and AuDHD
  • Replace reminders and repetition with visual systems and environmental cues that genuinely reduce cognitive load
  • Use task initiation strategies that help your child start homework and chores without a daily battle
  • Design morning, afternoon, and bedtime routines that are predictable, low-demand, and do not rely on your child's motivation
  • Prepare your child for transitions in ways that reduce meltdowns and make moving between activities calmer for everyone
  • Set up a homework environment and approach that supports focus and reduces conflict without constant supervision
  • Communicate your child's executive function needs to teachers and advocate for practical accommodations at school
  • Identify which home environment changes will have the biggest immediate impact for your child's specific profile

Course Content

What Executive Function Actually Is (and Why Your Child Is Not Lazy or Defiant)

  • The Executive Function Toolkit: Planning, Initiation, Memory, and Emotional Control Explained
  • Why ADHD, Autism, and AuDHD Affect Executive Function Differently – and What That Looks Like at Home
  • The Motivation Myth: Why Rewards, Consequences, and Reminders Are Not Executive Function Supports
  • How To: Identify Which Executive Function Skills Your Child Struggles With Most

Working Memory and Organisation: Building External Systems That Do the Remembering

Task Initiation and Homework: Reducing the Daily Battle of Getting Started

Routines and Transitions: Predictability, Preparation, and Calmer Handovers

Advocating for Your Child: Communicating Executive Function Needs at School

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