Executive Function Skill Workshops for Parents
Life can feel overwhelming when your child struggles with executive function challenges.
Many parents find themselves searching for answers - reading articles, trying strategies, and wondering what actually helps.
Empowered Focus offers psychologist-led workshops designed to help parents better understand their child’s executive functioning, build executive function skills, and create sustainable approaches to help everyday life.
These workshops provide practical, research-informed guidance in a supportive environment where adults can learn, ask questions, and leave with strategies they can begin using right away.
Workshops at Empowered Focus help adults understand the skills and patterns that drive everyday challenges.
Workshops address topics like:
understanding executive function skill challenges- in your children
how to use individual strengths to address areas for growth (we don't call them weaknesses around here!)
understanding basic brain development to inform when behavioral challenges are “can’t do” or “won’t do” situations
helping parents learn how to coach their children of all ages to build independence and confidence to launch on their own
Rather than focusing on quick fixes or rigid strategies, our workshops help you to understand what may be driving concerns and how to respond in ways that are more effective, less stressful, and work with their brain and not against it.
Current and Upcoming Workshops
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Executive Functioning Challenges 101: Elementary School Edition
A workshop for parents whose elementary school age child struggles with executive function challenges due to ADHD or neurodivergence.
No diagnosis needed to participate.
Learn:
• What executive function is and how development impacts it
• How executive functioning affects behavior and learning
• Practical first steps parents can take to help their child build skills starting tomorrow -
Executive Functioning Challenges 101: Teenager Edition
A workshop for parents whose teenage child (middle school through high school) struggles with executive function challenges due to ADHD or neurodivergence.
No diagnosis needed to participate.
Learn:
• What executive function is and how development impacts it
• How executive functioning affects behavior and learning
• Practical first steps parents can take to help their child build skills starting tomorrow -
Executive Functioning Challenges 101: College and Beyond Edition
A workshop for parents of young adults who struggle with executive function challenges due to ADHD or neurodivergence.
No diagnosis needed to participate.
Learn:
What executive function is and how development impacts it
How executive functioning affects independence and their ability to launch
Practical first steps parents can take to help their young adult child build skills to support their goals
Empowered Focus workshops are designed to be practical and accessible.
• Recorded and live options- choose what works best for your life.
Please note: Empowered Focus workshops are educational programs designed to provide general information and strategies. They do not include diagnosis, therapy, or individualized clinical guidance.
Dr. Liz Gaebler, PhD, LP, NCSP, ADHD-CCSP
Dr. Gaebler is a psychologist and educator specializing in ADHD, executive function, and supporting families navigating behavioral and emotional challenges.
Through her clinical practice, Capital City Psychology, she works with tweens, teens, young adults, and their families.
Through Empowered Focus she offers educational workshops and group learning programs designed to help parents better understand their child’s executive function skill challenges.
Ready to Learn Practical Strategies That Actually Work?
Sign up for one of our workshop using the links above or contact us today to inquire about other ways that we can help.