We’re sure you already know this, but the executive function part of our brains is what helps us organize, prioritize, and analyze thoughts, environmental stimuli, and tasks we’re doing right now and those we need to accomplish in the future – even if that future is only five minutes away.Īn outside observer – without knowledge of your child’s ADHD – may see your involvement and label it counterproductive helicoptering. If your child did not have a neurological condition that’s associated with atypical or impaired executive function. Here’s there answer: sure – it could be…if. “If I help too much, isn’t that the kind of helicopter parenting that I hear is actually counterproductive, and keeps my kid from learning how to do things for themselves?” We have a simple list of things you can do to keep your ADHD teen on track, but before we do, we want to address a thought – a question, really – that may be lurking in the back of your mind: It takes time and energy – but it’s one hundred percent worth it. It takes planning, creativity, patience, and cooperation. They also know this: it takes more than a day planner and daily verbal reminders to make that happen. Write down the pieces of the project you need to do each day.Parents of teens diagnosed with ADHD know their children need strategies to help keep them focused and complete classwork and homework on time. For bigger, multi-day projects, I find it helpful to write down specifically what I should do for each day rather than just a vague “work on X article.” If you have an essay due for class, don’t just write the deadline down. If you don’t, you’re liable to forget it entirely, which can be misread is flakiness or callousness. Even if it’s a vague plan like a friend saying “let’s grab a drink soon,” you can put “pick a date to grab a drink with friend” as a task in your planner. Keeping the planner out and open to the current day acts as a constant reminder of what I’m trying to get done. I know an empty desk looks cleaner but I’ve found that if I put a planner in a drawer, it’s unlikely to come out again. Then, I have a weekly planner with space to fill in to-do lists for each day. I keep a monthly calendar on the wall so that appointments or deadlines are always in view.
It helps to have a big picture view of your entire month as well as space for planning each individual day. When I wrote in pen, my planner just looked like a memorial to all the tasks I failed to do on time. No matter how much I’ve improved at setting more realistic expectations for myself, I still tend to over-pack a day or otherwise need to move things around. If you use a paper planner, write in pencil.
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