Executive Functioning Tips and Tricks to Implement at Home S2E28 #63

In this third episode of their executive functioning series, Dr. Vivian Carlin and Dr. Sylvia Bank focus on practical, real-life strategies parents can use to strengthen skills like planning, working memory, flexibility, and self-control. Drawing from both their clinical and parenting experience, they share simple tools—from board games and audiobooks to chores and daily routines—that help kids practice these skills in low-pressure, everyday ways, especially children with ADHD.

They also talk about gradually transferring responsibility, coaching kids through social and organizational challenges, being intentional about screen use, and remembering that executive functioning develops slowly over time. This episode offers clear, manageable next steps for parents who want to better support their child’s growth at home.

Resources: 

Cleveland Clinic Executive Function: What It Is, How To Improve & Types

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/executive-function

EPISODE CREDITS: Hosts - Sylvia Bank, MD and Vivian Carlin, MD

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00:00 Introduction

00:33 Series Overview Executive Functioning

01:30 Priority Shift

03:03 Building Skills Through Play 

06:35 The Importance of Unstructured Play 

09:34 Household Chores

12:10 The Challenge of Letting Go 

15:44 Professional Support and the Impact of Screens

18:44 Hope for the Future