Author: Monte W. Davenport, Ph.D.

For 25 years, Dr. Davenport's career has been focused on helping improve the lives of children, teens, college students, and families struggling with ADHD, anxiety, OCD, depression, oppositional-defiant behavior, learning disorders, and related executive functioning challenges. Call 817.421.8780 to find out how he can help you.

Partnering with Pediatricians to Better Serve Children & Teens

Pediatricians, are you and your staff overwhelmed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Children and Adolescents? We understand and we can help! Visit www.pedia-partner.com to learn more.

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We Have Time-Timers!

Effective time awareness and management are critical to success in the classroom and in life. Unfortunately, many children, teens, and adults with ADHD and executive functioning weaknesses struggle to develop this skill because they simply do not understand the passage of time. We are proud to provide you a revolutionary tool designed to help address this need.

The Time-Timer® was developed to teach and reinforce the concept of elapsed time. This tool provides children, teens, and adults the ability to judge how much time remains to complete a number of daily tasks.

Six Active Reading Strategies

Children and teens with executive functioning problems can have difficulty learning and often benefit from an education plan that addresses two specific needs: structuring and flexibility. In this series of articles, Dr. Davenport outlines research based suggestions for actively reading to comprehend details, cause/effect, compare/contrast, and inference.

Educational Care: Steps to Better Written Expression

Students who struggle with weak executive functions and related disorders often have trouble preparing consistently organized written sentences, paragraphs, and narratives. They can benefit from a structured and flexible approach to help develop improved skills. This series of articles outlines how you and your student’s educators can help your struggling child or teen.

Educational Rights

In the United States, three federal laws provide for public school services and/or accommodations for eligible students with ADHD, Anxiety, & Mood Disorders.

“Executive Functions” are not Parties for CEOs!

Executive functions are a set of abilities that help us manage our time, energy, talents, and resources in order to achieve our goals. These skills involve starting productive actions and stopping unproductive actions in order to achieve goals and stay connected socially. Here’s the good news: each of these abilities can be identified and improved through research-based cognitive-behavioral approaches.

Parenting: Overcoming Shame and Becoming Vulnerable to Help Your Struggling Child or Teen

In her book Daring Greatly, University of Houston shame and vulnerability expert Brene Brown, Ph.D. calls parenting “a shame and judgment minefield.” Her assessment is especially true for those of us who are raising children and teens struggling with ADHD and related executive functioning challenges. In this heart-felt article, fellow-struggler Dr Davenport provides practical advice to help you overcome the shame and stigma of ADHD so you can vulnerably address your child’s needs, encourage her strengths, and celebrate her daily successes!

Wise Ways to Change Your Why’s into What’s

Every day, weary and worried parents of children with attention, anxiety, and depression ask counselors, teachers, and ministers, “Why does my child, teen, or young adult have to struggle so?” If you are still searching for answers, it is our hope that this post written by a fellow-struggler will give you some hope.