Executive Function Explained
Understand what's actually getting in the way.
Executive Function Explained is a free guide for parents.
It covers the ten skills behind getting started, staying organized, managing time, and handling big feelings, all in plain language, with examples you'll probably recognize from your own house.
You've tried the reminders. And the charts. And taking the phone away.
Some of it worked for a week. Most of it didn't stick, and you're starting to wonder if it's you, or them, or something you're missing.
It's usually something you're missing, and it's not your fault nobody explained it. Most of what looks like not trying is actually a skill that hasn't developed yet. Once you can see which skill it is, the whole thing starts to make more sense.
Inside the guide
Why "why won't they just do it?" is the wrong question
and the one that works better
The ten executive functions
and what each one looks like at home and at school
A checklist
to spot which skills are showing up most in your child
Why your kid can focus for hours on a video game
but not ten minutes on homework
What's really happening in a meltdown
and why consequences don't fix it
From a former school counselor
Created by Kayci Hartung, founder of The Positive Learning Coach. She spent years as a Professional School Counselor and 504 Coordinator before becoming an executive function coach, and she wrote this for the parents she used to sit across from in those meetings.
It's free. It's yours.
No sales call, no pressure. Just a guide that helps things make a little more sense.