The Executive Function Toolkit
The Executive Function Toolkit
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What This Guide Is
A practical toolkit of visual, brain-friendly systems for ADHD kids aged 6 to 12, built on one idea: externalize, don't memorize. Make time visible. Get tasks out of a leaky working memory. Turn mornings and bedtimes into a chart your child runs themselves, so you coach the chart instead of nagging the kid.
Ten chapters, each taking one executive-function skill that's hard and handing you a concrete tool for it — the two-minute start, the launch pad, the now/next board, the visual routine chart, the labeled home. Nothing here needs an app, a subscription, or a trip to a specialist shop. Most of it you can set up this week with what's already in the house.
A skills delay, not a character flaw. These are scaffolds, not cures — and not a substitute for professional diagnosis or care.
What's Inside
01 — 02 · Seeing the problem, and seeing time
- Why "just try harder" fails an ADHD brain — the intention–action gap, and the seven EF skills behind it
- Time blindness: visual timers, an analog clock, the now/next board, and the time-guessing game
- Transition countdowns that make the timer the bad guy instead of you
03 — 04 · Getting it out of their head
- Visual checklists, the launch pad by the door, and first–then out loud and on paper
- One instruction at a time — working with a small working memory instead of against it
- Morning, after-school and bedtime routine charts your child follows independently, with sample 6-step sequences for each
05 — 06 · Homework, focus and the chaos
- The two-minute start, chunking with movement breaks, and body doubling
- What to do when homework reliably ends in tears
- "Everything has a home" — the one rule that keeps stuff findable, plus taming the backpack and the 10-minute reset
07 — 08 · Motivation, school and big feelings
- The four dopamine levers — interest, novelty, challenge, urgency — and how to use first–then without the bribe spiral
- Partnering with the school: what to ask for in writing, and the accommodations worth requesting (504/IEP in the US, EHC or SEN support in the UK)
- Co-regulating meltdowns — connection before correction, a calm-down toolkit, and the triggers underneath most explosions
09 — 10 · The fridge page
- A one-page lookup: the struggle on the left, the tool on the right
- What to do this week, this month, and ongoing — one tool at a time, not ten
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Who This Is For
For parents of 6-to-12-year-olds recently diagnosed with ADHD — or clearly struggling with focus, time and organization — who are tired of nagging, repeating themselves ten times before school, and watching sticker charts fail. If you've suspected for a while that it isn't a discipline problem, this is the toolkit for the thing it actually is.
It is not a neuroscience textbook, and it won't tell you to be more consistent. Every chapter ends with something you can put on a wall.
Please read before purchasing. This is an informational guide covering executive-function strategies and parenting tools for educational purposes. It is not medical, psychological, or diagnostic advice, and is not a substitute for evaluation or treatment by a qualified professional. ADHD is a medical condition; decisions about diagnosis, therapy, medication, or school plans should be made with your child's doctor, a licensed clinician, and the school. Every child is different — adapt these tools to yours. 14-day guarantee: email support@guidevaults.com within 14 days for a full refund. Questions welcome at the same address.
