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Executive Function Planning Toolkit | Daily & Weekly Planner for ADHD & Students
Executive function tools for starting tasks, staying focused, and completing work Many students don’t struggle because they “won’t” work — they struggle because planning, starting, and following through requires executive function skills that are still developing. This bundle provides clear, structured daily planning tools that help students: identify what matters todaybreak tasks into manageable stepsanticipate barrierschoose supports before frustration hitsDesigned for classroom, special educa
3rd - 6th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Task Initiation Toolkit | Executive Functioning Strategies for Stuck Students
Do you have students who stare at the page, avoid starting work, or say “I don’t know what to do” even after directions are given? This is not a motivation problem. It’s a task initiation skill gap. The Task Initiation Toolkit is a calm, practical executive functioning system designed to help students move past the “stuck” feeling and take the first small step toward starting their work without pressure, shame, or power struggles. This is not a behavior chart or SEL lesson. It’s a repeata
4th - 6th
ELA Test Prep, For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Track Executive Function Supports & Student Progress | Data Sheet for IEP & ADHD
This executive function data sheet helps educators track which supports actually help students start, engage, or regulate — without behavior charts or compliance-based language. Designed for real classrooms, real kids, and real decision-making. What This Resource IsThis is a teacher-facing executive function progress and support tracking sheet used to document: Supports triedStudent responsesBarriers observedPatterns over timeNext-step adjustmentsIt helps teams move from guessing to intentional
3rd - 6th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Also included in: ADHD Task Breakdown Activities | Executive Function Planning Worksheets
Daily Planner for Executive Function | Kid-Friendly Focus & Task Planning
Some students don’t need a full planner. They need one calm page to help them get through today. Today’s Plan is a student-friendly executive function support sheet designed to reduce overwhelm, build momentum, and help students notice success — even on hard days. This printable works especially well for students who struggle with task initiation, anxiety, ADHD, executive function challenges, or shutdown when a day feels like “too much.” What This Page Helps WithChoosing just three realistic pri
3rd - 6th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
New Year Resolution & Goal Setting | Executive Function Activities
This New Year lesson helps students reflect on themselves as learners, set small, achievable goals, and explore executive function tools in a concrete, age-appropriate way. Through a short story ( The Backpack for a New Year), guided discussion, and hands-on activities, students learn that growth comes from practice and daily choices, not perfection. What’s Included Story script and discussion prompts My New Year Backpack reflection activity Goal-sorting activity (what makes a goal work) H
1st - 6th
Character Education, Classroom Community, For All Subjects
Executive Function Toolkit | Task Initiation & Focus Activities
A comprehensive, neurodiversity-affirming system for supporting executive function Executive function challenges don’t show up in just one way. Some students struggle to regulate. Some can’t start. Some lose momentum. Some need better planning. And many need adults who can track patterns and adjust supports clearly. This toolkit brings all of those pieces together into one cohesive system for students and educators. 🔁 What This Toolkit SupportsThis resource supports the full executive function
3rd - 6th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
ADHD Emotional Regulation Worksheets | Executive Function Coping Toolkit
Executive function tools to support regulation before learning begins Learning doesn’t start when instruction begins — it starts when students are regulated enough to engage. This toolkit provides structured, body-based check-ins that help students identify how they’re feeling, what their body needs, and which supports will help them participate more successfully. Designed for classroom, special education, and intervention use. 💛 Getting started feels hard? Try this FREE Task Initiation Tool
3rd - 6th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Helping Students Start Tasks & Follow Through | Teacher Guide
Struggling to support students who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin? This Executive Function Teacher Guide provides clear, practical guidance for using executive function tools effectively — without escalating demands or relying on compliance-based strategies. Designed for elementary and early middle school classrooms, this guide helps educators confidently support task initiation, planning, organization, and follow-through. 💛 Getting started feels hard? Try this FREE Task Ini
3rd - 6th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Also included in: Executive Function Toolkit | Task Initiation & Focus Activities
Task Initiation Worksheet | “Where Do I Start?” Steps for ADHD & EF
When I Don’t Know Where to StartA gentle executive function support for task initiation This one-page support is designed for students who feel stuck, overwhelmed, distracted, or unsure how to begin — even when they want to do the task. Instead of pushing completion, this sheet focuses on starting, using a simple 3-step structure and built-in regulation supports. What this sheet helps with:Task initiationExecutive function overload“I don’t know where to begin” momentsAnxiety or shutdown around s
1st - 4th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Also included in: Task Initiation Support for ADHD Students
Sort by function, Class and features
It's a printable sorting by category this categories are class, features and function, this PDF includes 12 differents cards and each cards include 5 pictures to sort. sorting by class include: transportation, animals, clothes, food. sorting by features include: wheels, tails, fly, seed. sorting by function include: clean,cut, drive, eat.
PreK - K
Not Subject Specific
ADHD Task Breakdown Activities | Executive Function Planning Worksheets
Some students don’t struggle because they can’t do the work — they struggle because the work feels too big to start. This Executive Function bundle is designed to help students: Start tasks with less resistanceBreak assignments into manageable stepsReduce overwhelm without lowering expectationsBuild momentum and confidence through structureThese tools are neutral, flexible, and non-punitive, making them appropriate for all learners, not just those with identified needs. 💛 Getting started feels
3rd - 6th
For All Subjects, School Counseling, Social Emotional Learning
Self Monitoring Check In for Grades 2-5 Executive Function Support
Self Monitoring Check In activities help students pause, notice how ready and regulated they feel, and choose a clear next step before or after learning. This resource supports executive function skills with simple visual prompts that make self-reflection more accessible for grades 2-5 special education students. What's included• Self Monitoring Check In • Focus and Effort Reflection • Task Readiness Check • Calm Body and Learning Brain Check • End of Lesson Self Check How teachers can use itUse
2nd - 5th
Not Subject Specific
Also included in: Executive Function Visual Supports for Elementary Special Education
Graphic organisers to teach executive functioning to special needs students
These easy to use and student friendly graphic organisers help to teach executive functioning skills to any students who struggle with their organisation. This resource is a simple no prep tool which allows students to build graphic organisers to help them daily by making clear what things they require for each day, lesson or to take home. This tool is suitable for all students from primary, elementary and high school and printed at half size they are perfect for lockers or to use at home.
4th - 12th
School Counseling, School Psychology
Executive Function Red Flags Checklist | ADHD Learning Support | K-8
Is your student struggling — but something feels different from just "not trying"? This free, ready-to-use checklist helps teachers and learning support staff quickly identify signs of Executive Function challenges across four key areas: Working Memory, Impulse Control, Planning & Organisation, and Cognitive Flexibility. With 24 observable classroom behaviours and a simple scoring guide — Monitor, Review, Refer, or Urgent — this tool helps you move from confusion to clarity and get students the
K - 8th
School Counseling, School Psychology, Social Emotional Learning
Refresh Button Tickets
Like a website that is not functioning properly, we as humans can have glitches throughout our day that can potentially cause bigger problems. Wouldn't it be nice if we could just hit a refresh button, like we do when we encounter a glitchy website, so we can function properly again? Students enter our classrooms carrying more than just a backpack of school supplies and homework. A missed meal, an argument with a friend on the playground, and stressors at home can cause our students to be diseng
1st - 8th
Accelerated Reader (AR) Teams Template
Renaissance Learning got rid of the Teams function a few years back when they upgraded their platform. I used the teams function to create incentive for my students for over a decade and witnessed reluctant readers blossom into voracious readers! I could not convince Renaissance to bring back their teams function. So, I created a simple Teams Doc myself!
1st - 8th
Reading, Reading Strategies
Getting Started Worksheet | Task Initiation Activity for ADHD Students
This child-friendly printable helps students get started when a task feels overwhelming, confusing, or too big. Instead of pushing through or shutting down, students are guided to name what’s getting in the way and choose supports that make starting feel possible. Students will:Identify what they need to doRecognize what’s making it hard to startChoose helpful supports (movement, timer, music, visual checklist)Break tasks into a small, manageable first stepDesigned to reduce overwhelm and suppor
1st - 4th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Also included in: Task Initiation Support for ADHD Students
Daily Focus Brain Theme Organizer
Turn overwhelm into organization! This graphic organizer reinforces executive functioning by guiding students to brain dump their thoughts, identify priorities, and set a clear Main Focus Must-Do. Perfect for building independence, reducing stress, and applying real-world prioritization skills (Executive Functioning Skills).
2nd - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
CCSS
CCRA.L.1
Behavior Response Plan Template
Response Plan Template: Description & PurposeThe Response Plan Template is a structured tool that helps educators proactively and consistently respond to student behavior based on its function, triggers, and underlying skill needs. It serves as a clear, shared plan that outlines how adults will support a student across different levels of behavior—before, during, and after challenges arise. How the Tool WorksThis template organizes behavior support into key components that guide educator decisi
PreK - 12th
Classroom Community, Not Subject Specific, Social Emotional Learning
4th Grade NGSS Science Morning work internal and external structures survival
[ PDF File - No Prep ] Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction. Examples of structures could include thorns, stems, roots, colored petals, heart, stomach, lung, brain, and skin. Assessment is limited to macroscopic structures within plant and animal systems. Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in th
PreK - 5th
Basic Principles, Biology, Other (Science)
NGSS
4-LS1-1
, 4-LS1-2
ADHD Behavior Tracking Sheet | Student Progress Monitoring Tool
Struggling with task initiation, overwhelm, or “I don’t know where to start”?This kid-friendly executive function task planner helps students break big tasks into small, manageable steps without pressure, time limits, or shame. What it does“Let’s Break It Down” is a one-page visual planning tool designed to support: ADHDExecutive function challengesAnxiety around starting tasksPerfectionism and overwhelmStudents identify:Small stepsHow hard the task feels (no time estimates required)Supports tha
1st - 4th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Also included in: ADHD Task Breakdown Activities | Executive Function Planning Worksheets
ADHD Task Initiation Worksheet | 10 Minute Start Strategy for Kids
Some students don’t need motivation — they need permission to start small. “Let’s Start With 10 Minutes” is a gentle, student-friendly executive function support designed to help children begin tasks without pressure, shame, or forced completion. This sheet reframes task initiation as trying, not finishing — making it especially supportive for students who feel overwhelmed, frozen, or unsure where to begin. 💛 Getting started feels hard? Try this FREE Task Initiation Tool🌱 WHAT THIS RESOURCE
1st - 4th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Also included in: ADHD Task Initiation Activities | Executive Function Start Support
SPED Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) Worksheet
Understand Behavior. Plan Smarter. Stay Compliant.Behavior data shouldn’t feel overwhelming. This AI Enhanced FBA Worksheet provides a clear, structured way to document behavior patterns and identify the function of student behavior. 🔥Join our growing FUNSHINE community: BilingualSPED.comDesigned for special education teachers, case managers, and behavior teams, this worksheet supports data-driven decision-making and helps create effective Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs). Whether you're pr
1st - 12th
For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific
Also included in: AI Enhanced 11 Most Used SPED/ ELL Classroom Forms BUNDLE/ ELL & SPED
Behavior function data collection chart
This is a must tool for all sped teachers and aides. This is a way to not only quickly track behaviors, but also to be able to notate the function of the behavior. This includes a function behavior cheat sheet for IA's and those not trained in behavior management.
PreK - 12th
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