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ADHD Experts Podcast

599- Parent-Child Executive Function Training: Help Yourself, Help Your Child

ADHD Experts Podcast

ADDitude

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The most effective way to support your child's executive function development may be to strengthen your own skills first. Tamar Kahane, Psy.D., explains how ADHD affects executive functioning and shares a practical framework for modeling executive function skills.

Resources: Executive Function Training

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This episode is sponsored by the podcast Hyperfocus with Rae Jacobson. Search for "Hyperfocus with Rae Jacobson" in your podcast app or find links to listen at https://lnk.to/hyperfocusPS!adhdexperts.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast series by Attitude Magazine.

0:13.2

Hi, everyone.

0:14.8

I'm Nicole Carr, and on behalf of the Attitude team, I'm delighted to welcome you to today's ADHD expert's presentation

0:22.8

titled Parent, Child Executive Function Training.

0:26.5

Help yourself, help your child.

0:29.1

Leading today's presentation is Dr. Tamar Kahana.

0:32.7

She's the founder and clinical director of the Kahana Center, LLC, an integrated mental health center providing

0:39.3

comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological services. A clinical psychologist with over 25

0:46.5

years of experience, she specializes in ADHD, ASD, executive functioning, and social

0:53.5

emotional learning.

0:55.3

Dr. Kahana developed the Powers program, a unique socio-emotional learning and executive

1:01.6

functioning curriculum implemented in schools and studied by Columbia University.

1:07.1

She has trained hundreds of parents in the Powers methodology, empowering them to support their children in overcoming EF and SEL challenges.

1:16.1

And she regularly trained psychologists, mental health professionals, and teachers.

1:21.0

She is currently writing a book on Powers Parenting.

1:25.2

Dr. Kahana has appeared on national television as a clinical expert and is a

1:30.3

frequently sought-after psychological thought leader in the media. The executive functioning

1:36.2

difficulties that often accompany ADHD can make simple routines and tasks feel harder than they

1:42.5

should be for many parents and children with the

1:44.9

condition. But what if the most effective way to support your child's executive function

1:50.3

development is to strengthen your own skills first? Today, we will learn how to shift from a

1:56.7

behavior management mindset to a skills development framework. We'll examine how a parent's

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