Executive Function Crash Course

Executive Function Crash Course gives parents what they need most: Simple, practical strategies designed to address executive function challenges at their foundation so they can help their child improve his/her executive function skills and independence. Thousands of families have participated in Executive Function Crash Course. Read what parents have to say here.

Executive Function Crash Course is currently migrating to the new ADHD Dude membership site and will be available in a few weeks.  Please add yourself to our mailing list to be notified when it is available. 

Have you tried any of the following only to find that they didn’t help your child improve his/her executive function skills:

  • ADHD/Executive Function Coaching
  • Timers
  • Checklists
  • Reward charts
  • Hanging lists up around the house
  • Counseling/Talk therapy
  • Tutoring

Here’s why those things haven’t worked:

ADHD is an executive function developmental delay. In order for kids to improve their executive functioning parents must change the way they use language and create the “scaffolding” to help their child improve executive function skills. Kids cannot improve their executive functioning through sitting in “talk therapy”, in a support class in school, etc.

Executive Function Crash Course provides parents with easy-to-implement strategies that produce results.

A few important things to know before beginning the application process

  • Trip Camp is an active program. No athletic ability is required. We do spend a significant amount of time outdoors (beach, water activities, etc.). If your son does not like being outdoors he may not enjoy camp.
  • Your son is not fully accepted into Trip Camp until a review of his medical forms occur. This is to assure that his health needs can be accommodated in the program.
  • The application process does not guarantee admission to Trip Camp.
  • Not all boys who present with ADHD are an appropriate match for Trip Camp. Please read the information here about campers’ profiles before beginning the application process.
  • Photos and videos from Trip Camp are posted on ADHD Dude/Trip Camp social media. No identifying information about your son will ever be shared (aside from possibly his first name if it is used in a video). This policy is non-negotiable. If you do not want your son to appear in photos/videos he is not eligible to attend Trip Camp.
  • I cannot hold space for more than 3 days after your son’s informal interview (should he be eligible to attend).
  • Part of the experience of Trip Camp is about teaching cognitive flexibility. Many parents of kids with ADHD under-estimate their son’s capacity for flexibility/resiliency and ask others to accommodate their son’s (perceived) inflexibility. If your son is accepted to be part of Summer Trip Camp he is part of a group. There are no special parent requests. Snacks/lunch are provided for campers, there is no packing food/special lunches (unless needed for medical reasons).