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Executive Function for Neurodivergent Parents with guest speaker Dr Richard Smith

£24.99

Do you find planning, getting started, or keeping track of things harder than it seems to be for other people — and wonder why the gap feels so wide?

This session is for neurodivergent parents (diagnosed, self-identifying, or wondering) who want a clearer understanding of executive function and what it actually looks like when it works differently. It's also for anyone supporting a neurodivergent child while navigating their own EF challenges — because doing both at once is a lot.

With Dr Richard Smith, Clinical Psychologist with over a decade of experience working with neurodivergent people, we'll start with what executive function actually is: the set of mental skills behind planning, focus, memory, shifting attention, and emotional regulation. We'll look at why autistic people and ADHDers often find these things so much harder — task initiation, cognitive overwhelm, sensory load, emotional intensity — and why stress and transitions can escalate so quickly in neurodivergent families. We'll also think together about what it means to support your own executive function while supporting your child's at the same time.

The practical part matters here too. You'll leave with strategies for externalising systems, reducing cognitive load, and designing your environment in ways that actually work for your brain — not the brain the systems were built for.

Do you find planning, getting started, or keeping track of things harder than it seems to be for other people — and wonder why the gap feels so wide?

This session is for neurodivergent parents (diagnosed, self-identifying, or wondering) who want a clearer understanding of executive function and what it actually looks like when it works differently. It's also for anyone supporting a neurodivergent child while navigating their own EF challenges — because doing both at once is a lot.

With Dr Richard Smith, Clinical Psychologist with over a decade of experience working with neurodivergent people, we'll start with what executive function actually is: the set of mental skills behind planning, focus, memory, shifting attention, and emotional regulation. We'll look at why autistic people and ADHDers often find these things so much harder — task initiation, cognitive overwhelm, sensory load, emotional intensity — and why stress and transitions can escalate so quickly in neurodivergent families. We'll also think together about what it means to support your own executive function while supporting your child's at the same time.

The practical part matters here too. You'll leave with strategies for externalising systems, reducing cognitive load, and designing your environment in ways that actually work for your brain — not the brain the systems were built for.