Resources: Executive Function Deficits and CHDs

These books, videos, and online resources can help parents understand executive functions, and how they develop over time. They also give parents practical strategies to help their children with executive functions.

• The Conscious Parent's Guide to Executive Functioning Disorder, by Rebecca Branstetter

• The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Executive Functioning Disorder, by Rebecca Branstetter

• Executive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved, by Russell Barkley

• Late, Lost, and Unprepared, by Joyce Cooper-Kahn and Laurie Dietzel

• Smart by Scattered, by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare

• Smart but Scattered Teens, by Richard Guare and Peg Dawson

These books and online resources address executive function deficits, and strategies to improve executive functions. They are appropriate for most kids of all ages.

• I Can't Find My Watchamacallit, by Julia Cook

• Executive FUNction Series Storybooks, by Bryan Smith

• The Executive Functioning Workbook for Kids, by Sharon Grant

• The Executive Function Workbook for Kids, by Roy Pan

• The Frazzle Family Finds a Way, by Ann Bonwill

• A Kid's Book about Executive Function, by Iris Wong

• Planning Isn't My Priority, and Making Priorities Isn't in my Plans, by Julia Cook

• A Smart Girl's Guide to Getting it Together, by Erin Falligant

• Study Skilled...Not!, by Julia Cook

• Thriving with ADHD Workbook for Kids, by Kelli Miller

These books and online resources focus on executive functioning and teach strategies to improve executive function skills. They are appropriate for most older kids and teens.

• Be the Boss of Your Stuff, by Allie Casazza

• The Executive Function Playbook in Action, by Michael McLeod

• Executive FUNction Series Storybooks, by Bryan Smith

• The Executive Functioning Workbook for Teens, by Sharon Hansen

• The Executive Function Workbook for Kids, by Roy Pan

• Focus and Thrive: Executive Functioning Strategies for Teens, by Laurie McNulty

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens, by Sean Covey

• A Smart Girl's Guide to Getting it Together, by Erin Falligant

• The Teen's Workbook to Self-Regulate, by Richard Bass

• Thriving with ADHD Workbook for Kids, by Kelli Miller

These books and other resources are aimed at young adults who want to understand their own minds, and work to improve their own executive functioning.

• Executive Functioning and ADHD for Teens and Young Adults, Sabine Wedemeyer

• Making the Grade with ADD, by Stephanie Sarkis

• The Mindful College Student, by Eric Loucks

• More Attention, Less Deficit, by Ari Tuckman

• Smart but Scattered and Stalled, by Richard and Colin Guare

• The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success, by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare

• Understand Your Brain, Get More Done, by Ari Tuckman

Books for teachers, clinicians, and other professionals to learn about executive function, and support executive function skills in kids:

• Assessment and Intervention for Executive Function Difficulties, by George McCloskey, Lisa Perkins, and Bob Van Divner

• Boosting Executive Skills in the Classroom, by Joyce Cooper-Kahn and Margaret Foster

• Coaching Children with Executive Function Challenges, by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare

• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD: Targeting Executive Dysfunction, by Mary Solanto

• Executive Function Difficulties in Adults, by Stephanie Sarkis

• Executive Function in Education: From Theory to Practice, by Lynn Meltzer

• Executive Function in the Classroom, by Laurie Faith, Carol-Ann Bush, and Peg Dawson

• Executive Functions: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Evolved, by Russell Barkley

• Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Guide to Assessment and Intervention, by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare

• Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, by Amishi Jha

• Smart but Scattered Teens, by Richard Guare and Peg Dawson

• Uncommon Sense Teaching, by Barbara Oakley, Beth Rogowsky, and Terrence Sejnowski

• Unstuck and On Target!: An Executive Function Curriculum, by Lynn Cannon, Lauren Kenworthy, Katie Alexander, Monica Werner, and Laura Anthony