Executive Function Psychoeducation Programme

Have you ever wondered about what executive functions are? And why they are talked about so much in relation to neurodivergence?

This free module is an introduction to the Kindred Neurodiversity Psychoeducation Programme. With a welcome from Jules, and an exploration of what executive functioning means.

Have you ever wondered why you can do something one day but be completely overwhelmed by the same thing another day?

This module covers how self-monitoring and fluctuating capacity can be experienced by neurodivergent people.

Have you ever received a neutral email suggesting one small improvement, but experienced it as proof you are a failure, spiral into panic and self-criticism, and avoid replying for days?

This module covers how emotional regulation and rejection sensitivity can affect neurodivergent people.

Have you ever found yourself so ‘in the zone’ that you are unable to step away or take a break even for regular things like eating and drinking?

This module covers attention regulation and looks at experiences of hyperfocus and monotropism in neurodivergent people.

Have you ever impulsively said yes to a big new project in a meeting because it seems exciting, only to crash later when you realise it will overload your capacity or conflict with existing commitments?

This module explores inhibition & impulsivity and how neurodivergent people can experience drivers behind our actions.

Have you ever had a small change to your morning routine (e.g. train cancellation), and felt too overwhelmed to consider alternatives like a different route?

This module explores cognitive flexibility and how we can experiment with our limiting beliefs in a neuroaffirming way to shift our thinking.

Have you ever walked into a room, only to completely forget why you went in there? Or found yourself dropping a brilliant thought mid-conversation because you were waiting for the other person to finish speaking?

This module explores working memory and how we can find ways to reduce our cognitive load and increase our working memory capacity.

Have you ever spent hours perfecting the small details of a project while ignoring the important-but-boring tasks which never make it to the top of the list?

This module explores planning & prioritisation and how priority paralysis can affect neurodivergent people.

Have you ever spent all day intending to start a dull report, bouncing between social media, tidying, and “research”, and only begin at 10 pm when anxiety finally spikes enough?

This module explores motivation and how neurodivergent people have an interest-based nervous system.

Have you ever had an appointment at 3:00 PM, and found yourself completely unable to start any other tasks that morning because your brain was trapped in 'waiting mode'

This module explores time management and how neurodivergent people can experience differences in temporal processing.

Have you ever put something in a ‘safe place’, only to forget where that place was? You know you put it somewhere but now it seems lost forever.

This module explores organisation and how object permanence can present challenges for neurodivergent people.