Executive Function resources

69 printable resources for Executive Function: patient and caregiver education handouts, therapy materials, clinical references and evaluation tools for speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists. Written and reviewed by practicing clinicians, ready to print, and included in a Therapy Insights membership.

Therapy Activity

Let’s Talk About Therapy: Collaborative Goal Planning for Kids (Age 8+)

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
PediatricOTSLPAutismExecutive FunctionFine MotorLanguage DevelopmentLiteracyPediatric Brain InjuryPediatric VoiceSensoryStuttering
This guided activity helps therapists invite kids into honest conversations about their therapy experience, including what’s working, what’s not, and what they want more of. Use it to co-create goals that reflect the child’s preferences, not just the paperwork.
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Signs of Self-Care in Kids With ADHD

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This handout helps therapists reframe “challenging” behaviors in kids with ADHD as meaningful attempts at self-regulation within demanding environments. It offers simple, practical language and response strategies that therapists can use to guide parents, teachers, and caregivers toward more supportive, effective interactions.
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Understanding Listening Fatigue and Cognitive Load in Deaf/HOH Students

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This handout helps teachers, parents, and caregivers understand the hidden effort children with hearing loss experience when using hearing devices. It offers simple, practical ways to reduce listening demands, support energy levels, and create environments that work with the child’s capacity.
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Barrier Matching Game: Fine Motor + Descriptive Language

Print Resource — US Letter — 5 pages
PediatricOTSLPExecutive FunctionFine MotorLanguage DevelopmentPediatric Brain Injury
A collaborative barrier game that encourages students to practice describing, listening, and problem-solving while matching picture halves they cannot see. Therapists can use this activity to target expressive language, comprehension, and communication repair while incorporating cutting, visual scanning, and turn-taking.
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Neurodevelopment Reality Checks

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This resource helps parents see everyday challenges through a developmental lens rather than a milestone checklist. Therapists can use it to normalize variation in development while guiding conversations about when support may be helpful.
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Why Adolescence is Developmentally Wired for Disorganization

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This resource reframes adolescent disorganization from a behavioral deficit to a natural byproduct of a brain optimized for exploration and identity formation. It provides therapists with a neuro-informed framework to help parents shift from frustrating power struggles toward a stance of developmental mentorship and supportive scaffolding.
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What My Brain Is Trying to Do

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This handout helps kids build insight by framing behaviors as adaptive brain strategies rather than problems to fix. Use it to guide compassionate conversations, support self-awareness, and strengthen collaboration between kids and the adults in their lives.
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Collaborative Behavior Supports

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This resource reframes challenging behaviors as clues to unmet needs, lagging skills, and environmental mismatches, helping teams move beyond compliance-based approaches. The table format provides a practical way to collaborate with families and schools, identify what’s happening under the surface, and choose supportive strategies that honor each child’s autonomy and nervous system.
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Routines Built By Kids, Not For Them

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This resource gives kids the lead in shaping their own routines, helping them identify what makes transitions easier and what supports they prefer. Use these templates to co-create meaningful, shareable plans that honor autonomy and reduce overwhelm.
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Early Communication & Social Development: Patterns Worth Exploring

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PediatricOTSLPArticulation and PhonologyAutismExecutive FunctionLanguage Development
This handout offers a warm, neurodiversity-affirming way to talk with families about early communication and social patterns that may benefit from extra support. Use it to open collaborative, low-pressure conversations with parents while highlighting strengths and inviting next steps when helpful.
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