What is Executive Functioning?
Executive functioning refers to the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully.
For example, ADHD is more than just an attention deficit - really we see everything at once. I commonly explain it as we've just gone shopping and our cart is full of food. For a neurotypical, when you ask for the steak, they can pull out and hand you the steak. For the ADHD brain, we have to sift through the whole basket touching everything until we find the steak ... it's hard to just pull it out! Our brains are designed differently so we often struggle with task management, emotion regulation, memory retention, and more. However, we can gain these skills with practice - and patience (ok and tears) - which is the goal of It's NOTED.
We approach executive functioning development from a lived experience approach along with hours of education and certifications on top of 20+ years experience in crisis communications. We've walked through and gotten stuck in the same mud and are ready to help pull you out onto a more solid path.
Let us help you understand the world of neurodivergency and unlocking the hidden skills.
PS We personally know how difficult it is to support our kids gaining these skills that we lack ourselves!
How Do You Tailor Your Services?
On top of being an experienced educator with hundreds of hours of professional development in the areas of executive functioning and neuroscience, we are also lived experience parents who understand the challenges of raising neurodivergent children while also being neurodivergent ourselves.
Recognizing the superpower that lies within our resiliency, we strive to engage, strengthen, and develop the lacking executive functioning skills seen in ADHD and mental health (also a form of neurodivergency).
Who Can Benefit From Our Services?
Our programs are beneficial for neurodivergent families seeking to improve their executive functioning skills, including students and adults. Please come with an open mind and a desire to learn, brainstorm, and be awkward. Within our sessions, masking isn't allowed as being our authentic selves is where the beauty lies.