Parents and teachers, watch this first, but I am speaking to students in this one. I do a lot of teaching students about “how to get organized” and have walked hundreds of kids through organizational processes that are game changers. Today I’ll teach you one of the most powerful tips I know! In gratitude & service, Seth 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official channel here. Please subscribe, like, comment and share to support my work. 👉 Share: To help me get the word out, please share my … [Read more...]

How exactly do teachers meet the needs of ALL kids? Great teachers all have at least one thing in common, they "differentiate" well. Differentiation is about how teachers meet the very different needs of all students, and learning about how this is done can help parents and teachers to better understand the kids they are trying to help. Here I break down the core elements so you can apply it to your situation. In gratitude & service, Seth 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube … [Read more...]

Parents, teachers, therapists, I have gotten this question so many times, "Isn’t everyone a little ADD?" Um, no. In this new vlog I explain why, talk about if there is actually a GIFT of ADD, how we all have EF challenges at times, brain development and how when we are misinformed, we can make things worse even though we’re trying to help. In gratitude and service, Seth Perler 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 … [Read more...]

Parents, teachers, therapists, in this video Tosha Schore helps us understand how to support boys during these difficult times, and helps us see the common misunderstandings about aggressive behaviors. She also offers excellent insights you can apply to help these boys. Free Workshop How to Stop Your Boy's Aggression In gratitude & service, Seth 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please … [Read more...]

Students, do you want a more organized life? Decluttering helps because clutter interferes in so many ways, and in this video I break down the 3 main types, why it even matters, and what to do about it. In gratitude & service, Seth 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for parents and teachers. 💚 … [Read more...]

2022 Annual Review  Hi parents, teachers, therapists! I guess this is an annual review of sorts, for those who want to know what I've been up to. Below, I put together a bulleted list of all the things you may be interested in knowing about, as well as some other thoughts I want to share. I have never done this before, and I hope ya like it! Also, comment below if you have more questions and I WILL edit this page to answer them! I always try to be "succinct" in updates, but today I'm … [Read more...]

Parents (teachers, you'll like this one too), learn some phenomenal insight and tips about how to advocate for your child with Executive Function challenges. My good friend Sarah Kesty of The Executive Function Podcast and I planned a few advocacy sessions for you, and this is the first. Check out her work here: https://sarahkesty.com/ In gratitude & service, Seth 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To … [Read more...]

The end of the semester can be a time where students can procrastinate on studying, and if they fail the exam, it can pull the entire semester grade down to an F! So one of the most important things to do it to take time to PLAN your studying, and here's how I did that with a student of mine recently. In gratitude & service, Seth 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the … [Read more...]

Students, Summer break will fly by fast, and if you take some easy steps this summer, it will make your fall much easier! Here's the how and why of it... In gratitude & service, Seth 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for parents and teachers. 💚 Give: Love my work and want to donate? … [Read more...]

Students, Regardless of the calendar you use, this vid will give you ideas to make life EASIER, less stressful, more fun and more organized. I'll show you how I help students set up their Google Calendar, and WHY we do it this way. In gratitude & service, Seth 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course … [Read more...]

Parents, teachers, literally one of the most important things about helping students with Executive Functioning (or anything for that matter) is for us to continue building listening skillsets. Here I share how I use TEMPERATURE CHECKS so you can apply it and help your student feel more heard. Most importantly, this empowers us to be much more helpful to our students. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support … [Read more...]

For disorganized students, doing a periodic Locker Dump can help make everything easier. Here I tell a few tips about HOW to approach it and WHY it's so helpful. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for parents and teachers. 💚 Give: Love my work and want to donate? 🙏 Thanks! — Seth Transcript:  … [Read more...]

Parents, teachers, therapists, you'll like this one because a lot of students FAIL right at the END of a semester, and there is a lot we can do to help support them if we know HOW to be proactive. Here I break down HOW to email teachers at the end of a semester if you are trying to support a struggling student. I share one of my actual templates and tell about the nuances that matter. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 … [Read more...]

Changing habits is SO incredibly challenging for people with executive function challenges. Students often have the goal of "improving grades", but don't always connect the dots that changing the habits is exactly what will get the grade to improve. So the "goal" isn't really the grade, it's the change in habits! This video breaks down how you can make a custom habit tracker to help you. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my … [Read more...]

As we know, the "system" is unbelievably behind when it comes to serving neurodiverse kids. So what do we do about it? We know things aren't going to change anytime soon, but we have kids who need the right help NOW. In this video I scratch the surface on twhat I think is absolutely teh #1 most importnat thing we "shoud" change. Hopefully you'll get some good ideas from it that you can use to support your children/students now. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, … [Read more...]

I have had so many questions over the years about how to support introverts with executive function, that I made this video to discuss some good strategies I use. One common question I get is "what if my child/student doesn’t talk much, but I need to know things so I can help??? 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my … [Read more...]

Parents, teachers, students, ADHDers often forget stuff!! Here's something that I do and teach my students that' saves me a lot of frustration. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for parents and teachers. 💚 Give: Love my work and want to donate? 🙏 Thanks! — Seth Transcript: Click here to download … [Read more...]

If your grades fall every semester, it will not fix itself, but the good new is that there is a DIP PATTERN that is predictable. This means that you can do a lot about it, to make your life easier and get more out of education. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work.👉 Share: Please share far and wide if you want to support my work.✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for parents and teachers.💚 Give: Love my work and want … [Read more...]

TEACHERS (parents, you'll like this one), the stuff you post online for kids NEEDS WORK! Please check this out to see how you can make life easier for everyone with an executive function friendly calendar. And seriously, we do appreciate you teachers! I hope you get a lot out of this vid... 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work.👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest.✏️ … [Read more...]

🔺 In this video you get my 12 core strategies, because I always get emails FROM ADULTS asking how to apply strategies to adults with ADHD or Executive Function challenges. You might want to take a few notes... 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for parents and teachers. 💚 Give: Love my work and want … [Read more...]

All kids are learning less lately, and the racial and socioeconomic inequality gap is even bigger! And Executive Functioning challenges make the impact even bigger still! Should we depend on schools to fill in the gaps? Here I offer several unconventional yet practical actions we can take to help kids. Please share if you like it. Article: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/covid-19-and-education-the-lingering-effects-of-unfinished-learning 🎦 … [Read more...]

 A parent writes: "Natural consequences... one of my takeaways from the summit was to not be my kid's executive function (at least as much), and allow natural consequences to happen. Yesterday was a test for me. My daughter started community college two weeks ago. Yesterday, she had classes start at 8a. Her alarm went off at 7a. And again at 7:09a. Then silence. I told her the night before I'd give her a ride as long as she was ready by 7:30a. But after that, I had commitments. At 7:19a I … [Read more...]

The Parenting with Impact Podcast with Elaine Taylor-Klaus and Diane Dempster informs and inspires parents and professionals guiding complex kids to become capable, independent adults. This episode will dive into: The 3 tiers of executive function: foundation, implementation, maintenance The importance of systems, mindset, habits, and routine The most important thing a parent can do to help their kid is to start by focusing on their own self-care Why executive function sets kids up … [Read more...]

"What ADHD support should PARENTS ask TEACHERS for?" is a great question, and in this video I break down the ideas you might want to know to help your child get the support they need. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for parents and teachers. 💚 Give: Love my work and want to donate? 🙏 Thanks! — … [Read more...]

Excellent question: Are there any good apps to support children/teens with Executive Function challenges? Here I give a quick deep dive into what you need to know. ALSO: 🧠 my Executive Function Online Summit is THIS FRI AUG 20, it's Free, Check it out: https://executivefunctionsummit.com/ 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ … [Read more...]

When parents try everything and nothing seems to help or work, it can feel incredibly frustrating, like you are spinning your wheels. Here I dive into some key insights that might help. "No matter the strategy, list, chart, routine, song, consequence, reward system - on and on …. I cannot get my son to follow through with adaptive skills." ps- FREE AUG 20, 2021, The Executive Function Online Summit for parents, it's an incredible way to learn strategies to support your child. Check it out: … [Read more...]

Parents, teachers, THIS fall I'm concerned about how we are going to support our kids in such a divided world. I worry that there are going to be a lot of unforeseen problems this fall and that if we DON'T proactively think about this, that we are increasing the problems our kids will experience. On the other hand, if we DO PROACTIVELY start living in the solution, we will be able to support our kids better! Here I outline several ways to help. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel … [Read more...]

In this video, Sarah Kesty of The Executive Function Podcast and I discuss several excellent ideas about how to make an "Executive Function Friendly Home". Doing this makes it much easier for your child to manage life. Comment and add your thoughts to the conversation! 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course … [Read more...]

PART 2: An actual 3 min meditation (starts at 2:15) Today is about: Can people with ADHD and Executive Function challenges meditate, why does it even matter, and how to get started. Meditation has been the BEST thing for adhd/ef ever, because it helps me manage my attention/focus, and as a result, I have a better life in multiple areas. But resisted for years because I had a story that I can’t meditate, it doesn’t work for me, because I can’t stop thinking. I had excuses, and … [Read more...]

Hey parents and teachers, Emotional Regulation is part of executive function, and it's important because the better a child can regulate/manage emotions, the more they will be aware of what works and what doesn't work. This means that they will be able to process emotions rather than avoid and distract in unhealthy ways. This is a quality of life issue. Here are 8 tools that will help in this video. Please share with someone if you like it. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel … [Read more...]

Parents, what's the #1 Executive Function skill that SHOULD be used over Summer Break? By the end of this video you'll know what it is, WHY it's important and HOW to support your child. Teachers, you might like this one as well. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for parents and teachers. 💚 Give: Love my … [Read more...]

The problem is that summer goes by in the blink of an eye, and many students miss out on things they wanted to do because they didn't plan well. I get it! And here is HOW you can get started planning, even if you hate planning, and it's pretty easy too. Check it out and get started, so YOU can have the experiences that matter to you this summer, and NOT miss out on things that matter to you. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my … [Read more...]

Parents and teachers, I got this awesome email, that opens up a big can of worms, "I’m wondering if you have any experience with 2e kids that are most likely 2e due to ongoing stress and trauma? My son has difficult life circumstances in addition to the 2e challenges. Thanks, Michelle" In this video I respond to the email with some good background, followed by 3 insights to help you help your child. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to … [Read more...]

Wowwwwww teachers, it's been a crazy year. And you still have to "grade" kids, and those grades may impact the kids. So what is in the HIGHEST GOOD??? Here I make a plea for how to consider this bizarre year and how to "grade" your students. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for parents and teachers. 💚 … [Read more...]

Parents, teachers, therapists, students, What the heck IS Executive Function? This quick video will teach you the basics so you get it :) You'll know what it is, why it matters and 8 specific executive functions. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for parents and teachers. 💚 Give: Love my work and want … [Read more...]

Parents and teachers, I got this email: "Hi, Seth. I have been advocating like crazy, and got some nice 504 accommodations. I have made demands of his teachers, and they have stepped up. But...he is just crapping on them in the way of classroom behavior. Disrespectful defiance and resistance, after all they and I have done to make school accessible for him. It makes me so sad. I'm a patient person. I tell him he is damaging himself with this behavior. I wish I knew how to frame or reframe this. … [Read more...]

Janet Allison, Jen Fink, and I have a discussion about boys and executive function for their podcast, On Boys. CLICK HERE to listen to the FULL episode. Does your son have a problem with executive function? Let’s put it another way…. Does he struggle with homework, procrastination, time management, or lack of motivation? Does he have ADHD? If so, he probably needs help developing his executive functioning. Boys who have executive function challenges typically struggle in two … [Read more...]

Parents & teachers, you'll love this, and after watching you'll know if you want to share with your child. I was recently asked "what was the #1 EF skill that helped me turn my life around?" GREAT question, because I failed out of college and always struggled in school, and felt hopeless! So HOW did I turn it around? Well, here I describe the top 10 EF skills that helped me, and I think you'll love this video because you can apply it to your life. COMMENT below to share YOUR thoughts! … [Read more...]

Parents, teachers AND students, here’s an awesome comment that a student recently left me: “Hey Seth I’m a student. I am struggling in school. I am trying to do my best for the grades but I doesn’t come out right. I study but then the grades come out bad. My parents get mad at me when I do get the bad grades. On the other side my sister gets great grades when she is in 4th even though she doesn’t study. Can you plz help me??” Here I offer excellent insight for students, but parents and teachers, … [Read more...]

Parents and teachers, Neuroscientist, Author, Meditation Teacher and Speaker Dr. Nicole Tetreault and I discuss some great ideas for how to help students finish this crazy school year, what to do this summer, and how to prep for this fall. So if your child or students have Executive Function challenges, this episode is a must. Check out Nicole's site: https://www.nicoletetreault.com/ 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my … [Read more...]

This week my vlog is a bit different! I made a special video for my dear friend Debbie Reber of the TILT Parenting Podcast, my FAVORITE parenting podcast. Here she asked me to respond to this question: "WHAT CAN WE ALL DO TO KEEP THIS PARADIGM SHIFT TO ONE OF MORE INCLUSION FOR NEURODIVERGENT CHILDREN MOVING FORWARD?" I put a LOT of thought into this and tried to articulate a great response, and I think you'll get a lot out of it. Please comment and let me know your thoughts. 🎦 … [Read more...]

 Teachers, here are 10 of the most important tips I can think of to help you help your students who have executive function challenges. Please share it with other teachers if you like it. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for parents and teachers. 💚 Give: Love my work and want to donate? 🙏 Thanks! … [Read more...]

This is PART 1 ONE! Ok parents & teachers, tons of kids are now failing within the context of this, particularly crazy Spring Fever. They are, getting so “behind”, anxiety is rising, engagement is falling, too many hoops to jump through for some kids to "succeed". Go, take action. Wishing you peace of mind, joy, and connection. This is PART 2. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please … [Read more...]

Parents & teachers, this is NOT my typical vlog. I'm pissed, I am so sick of seeing kids "fail", suffer, be misunderstood, of seeing kids grow up with rampant racism in a country that claims to be so great. I don't understand how so many Americans still downplay racism and prejudice and do nothing about it. I'm so sick of how our education systems fail to meet the needs of so many kids and stay stuck in outdated approaches. Here I TRY to do a bit of justice to some of these complicated … [Read more...]

Parents and teachers, unfortunately, if you search for definitions of EF, it can be confusing! Different experts define it differently, AND they discuss the key skills completely differently! So what do you NEED to know to make sense of this? Well, this video has your answer! 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart … [Read more...]

Today Debbie Steinberg-Kuntz shares some key takeaways to help your child that she got from here summit this year. Let me back up... First, get Monday, March 8th, 2021 on your calendar! If you're raising a bright child with learning, social, emotional, and/or behavioral challenges, this is for you. Debbie hosts the annual Bright and Quirky summit, and it's phenomenal. Period. Check it out here: https://hub.brightandquirky.com/~access/a10c7314f/ This year's theme is Tame the Overwhelm. BQ … [Read more...]

Here's a fantastic dive into helping Boys with Executive Function & ADHD challenges with Janet Allison and Jen Fink. Janet and Jen run the "ON BOYS Parenting Podcast" check it out here: https://www.on-boys-podcast.com/welcome/ Also: https://www.boysalive.com/ 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ EF101: Here’s my jumpstart course for … [Read more...]

Parents, educators, therapists, etc.. if we want to REALLLLLLY help kids who have ADHD or Executive Function challenges, we MUST understand the complexities of how shame impacts them. Here I detail this issue and give insights and solutions so you can better support the kids you are trying to help. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ … [Read more...]

Students (parents and teachers) here I have some great tips for you, especially if you tend to have a lot of missing work and feel overwhelmed by school. You'll need a gmail account. I will show you how to make school a bit easier to manage so you have more free time and fun time, and less stress. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work. 👉 Share: To support me, please *CLICK* at the bottom to share on FB or Pinterest. ✏️ … [Read more...]

Parents, we often ask our kids about grades and if they have homework, but if we're honest, these conversations often don't really help much. So what can we do? Is there a better way to think through things so we can have better conversations? In this video I break it down so you can feel empowered to approach these things in a way that helps your child a bit more. 🎦 YouTube: Visit my official YouTube channel here. Subscribe, like & comment to support my work.  👉 Share: To support me, … [Read more...]