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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anybody try to learn how to do EF on your own to help your child?

I know this is not ideal, but if anyone tried this, had some success, and used any resources (books, courses, etc.), along the way, please share.

Thank you![/quote]

99% of parents? Ha. Very few have the resources to hire this out, and usually it takes a lot more hours of coaching than a weekly session. The weekly session is for those kids who only need a little help and whose parents are too busy to do that extra little thing.

Like the rest of parenting, you observe your kid, identify where the problems are, and address them:
1. Timeliness: watch, timer, countdowns. There are visual ones that are very useful for the younger kids.
2. Long-term planning: planner (paper or electronic), reminder to add and cross off items in it.
3. Scheduling: daily schedule-making over many years gives them an idea of how long they'll take for any given thing. ADHD kids have a very poor sense of time.
4. Creating routines for daily tasks, particular morning and evening ones that have to be done mindlessly: always in the same order, so they don't skip something. I taught my son how to shower with a list of body parts he needed to address. He just couldn't handle a vague command, it had to be detailed. 
5. Tidying-up and storage: as PP said, backpack systems, and room storage systems, clothes organizers, etc... Everything has to have a spot.

Basically, it all tends towards codifying and structuring their environment such that it's easier for them to remember what they need to go. And it goes beyond that into teaching them meta-awareness, that is, making them aware of the reasons it's done this way, so when they're older they can create their own tools and routines to improve their efficiency.
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I disagree. My kid is neither one that needs only a little help nor am I too busy to help. I hired an executive function coach for my DD because she’s experienced and has much better tools and systems than I could come up with for my child. She doesn’t replace my role as a parent helping my child with all the things you mentioned, but instead supplements.

And I am probably one of the most organized people you will ever meet. I love lists, organizing and planning. But the EF coach has been so great at helping us figure out what works best for DD. [/quote]

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