ADHD & Executive Functioning
A therapist-curated guide to the books, apps, organisations and creators that help ADHD households run with less friction — and less shame.
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ADHD & Executive Functioning
A Thrive List™ for the ADHD & Executive Functioning pathway
Last updated 30 July 2026
From the therapist
ADHD is not a motivation problem, and no reading list will make mornings effortless. What good resources do is lower the friction and take the moral weight out of a hard day. These are the ones I recommend most often — including the ones written by ADHD adults, which children and teens tend to trust more than anything a clinician hands them.
If you're overwhelmed, start here
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Smart but Scattered(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Peg Dawson & Richard Guare
The executive-function bible. Start with the assessment.
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Time Timer(opens in a new tab)
Time Timer LLC
Makes time visible. The single highest-value change most families make.
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ADDitude(opens in a new tab)
additudemag.com
The best free ADHD library on the internet.
Skip the reading. Do the three Start Here picks. Externalise one thing — time, tasks, or transitions — and leave the rest for a calmer month.
What's inside
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Best Parent Books
15 recommendations
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12 more in the PDF
Best Children's Books
11 recommendations
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My Whirling Twirling Motor(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Merriam Sarcia Saunders
8 more in the PDF
Best Teen Books
10 recommendations
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Smart but Scattered Teens(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Guare, Dawson & Guare
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7 more in the PDF
Best Podcasts
8 recommendations
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Hyperfocus(opens in a new tab)
Rae Jacobson
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Beautifully Complex(opens in a new tab)
Penny Williams
5 more in the PDF
Best Websites
8 recommendations
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CHADD(opens in a new tab)
chadd.org
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Understood(opens in a new tab)
understood.org
5 more in the PDF
Best YouTube Channels
6 recommendations
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ADHD Dude(opens in a new tab)
Ryan Wexelblatt
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Dr. Russell Barkley(opens in a new tab)
Russell Barkley
3 more in the PDF
Helpful Organisations
6 recommendations
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CHADD(opens in a new tab)
chadd.org
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CADDAC(opens in a new tab)
caddac.ca
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ADHD Foundation(opens in a new tab)
adhdfoundation.org.uk
3 more in the PDF
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