Catherine Ledue

This form identifies which strategies the student/client plans to use in different challenge areas. It also identifies strategies they would like to try out to supplement their existing strategies/approaches.

Are finals coming up? Here is a step-by-step guide for effectively building and using a study guide.

Most students do not get direct instruction on how to study. This lesson provides students with (1) insight into how their brains learn new things and (2) concrete, science-backed strategies for them to try!

This activity informs clients on the vitality of good sleep hygiene for optimal functioning. It also helps clients build strategies and routines that will help them reach their goals.

Inspired by How to ADHD's "Motivation Bridge" metaphor, this activity helps students/clients fill the gap between wanting to "do the thing" and actually "doing the thing!"

Use this activity to help clients confront and manage their perfectionism!

This mini lesson is on Rejection Sensitivity (also called Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria) or RS (or RSD). Many ADHDers, whether due to getting more negative feedback than their peers during childhood and/or experiencing our emotions a little more intensely, identify with the experience of RS/RSD. RS/RSD can make clients fearful of setting new goals and seeking new connections. Hence, I think it is important to do an RS/RSD intro to help clients name the experience and have an action plan for whe

Sometimes getting started is the hardest part! Use this activity to create a tool to help clients when are are stuck.

Students, particularly those with learning differences, don't benefit in the longterm by learning to be compliant and docile. This lesson is a stepping stone for practicing self-advocacy. Learning how to say no and to ask for what they need will help students in the classroom and beyond!

This lesson is essential for ADHDers - but any student will benefit. Kids, particularly teens, often struggle with negative self-talk but lack the strategies for management. For ADHDers, this negative self-talk is rooted in their experience of being bombarded with criticism from adults and teachers (studies show ADHers receive a disproportionate amount of criticism) throughout their childhood. Considering negative self-talk can foster self-doubt, rumination, and procrastination, identifying posi

This lesson contains essential knowledge for all students! With the high demands demands of school, extra-curricular activities, friendship, and family responsibilities, students - especially neurodivergent students - should have a plan in place for preventing burnout before it happens. This lesson addresses: what is burnout? What are effective ways for preventing burnout? And, what will I (the student) do in the here and now to prevent burnout?

This activity is a great way to get to know your students and identify how they can use dopamine activities to promote their own productivity.

Working with a student who struggles with keeping track of time? Do they feel ashamed of their inability to adapt to a neurotypical schedule? Use this lesson to identify the student's time-related challenges. In addition, empower them with knowledge that shows them there is no "right" or "wrong" way to manage time.

Working with a student who has trouble with task initiation? This activity is perfect for getting to know your student and developing a fun tool for combatting procrastination!

A teacher's guide for teaching media literacy skills to students. Media literacy is essential for navigating the modern world and its media landscape. Our students are bombarded with information yet are not often given the tools for navigating the technology in their lives. Giving your students media literacy skills will not only benefit them as students, it will help them become informed citizens capable of distinguishing fact from fiction. Media literacy not just a topic - it is a method of te