As the novelty of a new school year is starting to wear off, kids’ behavior may be becoming more and more frustrating. Often in response to this behavior, our instinct is to ask “How can we make them do what they’re supposed to do?” instead of “WHY aren’t they doing what they’re supposed to do?” In this episode, I interview two experts, Debbie Rosen and Lindsey Thoms, who discuss that frustrating school-related behavior is often related to under-developed executive functioning skills… and that there is a solution! Debbie and Lindsey offer specific strategies to compensate for these under-developed skills AND suggest how to approach kids and adolescents in a way that they’ll be open to our suggestions.