If you have completed Student Success, College Success, TRUE, or other executive functioning training, you know that one part of a structured problem-solving process is to learn new ways to be successful.   In this resource item, Dr. Davenport has listed some suggestions to help you search for new tools and strategies to help yourself. 

Identify the Executive Functions Involved

First, figure out which of the executive functions are needed to solve this problem (sustained attention, working memory, organization, time and task management, task initiation, self-monitoring, response inhibition, cognitive flexibility, emotional control).

Refer to the Materials You’ve Been Provided

Next, refer back to your Student Success, College Success, or TRUE  notebook to see if you can adapt what is suggested there to solve your problem. 

Search Trusted Websites

Next, try searching the following sites using the executive functioning skills (identified in step 1 above) or related learning challenges as keywords.  You can further refine your search by adding keywords from the definition of your problem as you have been taught to do. 

National Resource Center on ADHD – the national clearinghouse for the latest evidence-based information on ADHD. The Center is operated by CHADD, the nation’s leading advocacy and support organization serving individuals and families affected by ADHD, and is supported by a Cooperative Agreement with the CDC. For families of individuals struggling with ADHD, this is your best source of information about research-based treatment methods.  Start with the fact sheets and also explore their numerous resources.

IRIS Center – Searchable library of reading, writing, and math helps and resources developed at Vanderbilt University.

Meadows Center – Searchable library of reading, writing, and math helps and resources developed at the Meadows Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Learning Tool Box  – Library of step-by-step learning strategies for students from James Madison University. Many of these could be used as “cue cards” as described in this article.

Access Center – Original research-based articles from Vanderbilt’s Access Center are now on LD-Online:

• Student Access to Division

• Math Strategy Instruction for Middle School Students

• Mnemonic Instruction in Math

• Strategies to Facilitate Math Concepts and Homework

Teach ADHD  Website of resources for teaching children with ADHD and related executive functioning challenges.

Learning Library – All Kinds of Minds  Library of articles written by Mary Barringer and staff of “Schools for All Kinds of Minds.”

Need More Help?

Search for information on this website.

Articles – Search Dr. Davenport’s articles for the latest updates.

Downloadable Tools – Search for the latest downloadable tools to address your needs.

Software and Applications – Search for software and applications recommended by Dr. Davenport.

 If you still need help, call 817.421.8780 for a follow-up appointment. 

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