is lagging executive function skills.A child with ADHD has a two- to three-year delay in their executive function skills, which means a 7-year-old has the executive function skills of a 4- or 5-year-old.
A 13-year-old’s EF age is between 10 and 11, and a 19-year-old’s EF age is about 16. Would you send a 16-year-old off to college?
That is something you need to take into consideration when planning for post-high-school options, for example. Your expectations for your son or daughter need to be at their EF age in order to help them improve their executive function skills through changing the way you use language and implementing strategies to build skills and cultivate independence.
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