Helpful Apps & Technology
For adults, college students & teens managing life with weak executive functioning skills can be challenging. There are apps to help bring order to your chaos.
Find apps capable of:
mid task reminders
breaking tasks into manageable chunks.
collecting, organizing and syncing information and ideas.
making time visual
finding lost items
making mundane activities more engaging
There are apps for EVERYTHING and sorting through all of them can be overwhelming. Lucky for us some experts have already provided helpful reviews.
myHomework App - Keep assignments, due dates, schedules and other info organized and synced between phone & computer. There are also multiple accounts for parents to use too! Free (with ads or $4.99 without). Visit app store
The Social Navigator - This app helps kids with behavior-management and to develop greater social awareness.
Never leave your keys, phone, wallet, backpack behind again!
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Focus - Block out social media distractions for chunks of time so you can focus.
Distratagone - A timed lock box for your cell phone to help you resist the impulse to look at it every 2 seconds.
(This is currently in a Kickstarter phase, but check it out!) Top iPhone Apps 2016
Visual Timers - Make time more concrete, foster taking turns, visual chore prompts and more. Below is the Time Timer app. |
Brainscape
Web and digital study system that allows you to find, create and/or share your own digital flashcards to learn making use of Repetition, Active Recall and Metacognition. |