It feels like kids are getting diagnosed with ADHD at alarming rates lately! Have you ever worried about things you've noticed in your child, wondering if they need to be evaluated?

This episode is going to give you worlds of insight!

Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, a pediatric psychologist, is here to share everything we need to know about executive functioning skills - the part of the brain responsible for social-emotional soft skills like task initiation + completion, organization, regulation, impulse control, and more - that continues to develop until the age of 24.

Executive functioning dysregulation disorders, like ADHD, come up in conversation when you or your child's teacher have concerns related to your child's listening skills, BIG emotions, hyperactivity or hyper fixation.

In this episode, she answers...

• How does executive functioning develop?
• What is normal and what is concerning?
• When is it time to seek help or get evaluated for ADHD?
• At what age is she comfortable diagnosing a child with ADHD?

DON'T MISS-

• An easy-to-implement day-to-day activity every parent can do to teach + model several executive functioning skills at once
• Tips for adapting your environment to support a child that's struggling
• Insight into why a skill you've taught over + over may not be sinking in

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