Evidence-based strategies for ADHD, executive functioning, time management, and academic independence — written by Lewis Griffiths, Dubai's specialist executive skills coach for students aged 11–18.
Welcome to the Executive Skills Dubai blog — your trusted resource for executive function coaching in Dubai and evidence-based ADHD support for teenagers. Whether your child struggles with task initiation, time management, emotional regulation, or organisation, this executive skills blog covers the strategies that actually work. Written by Lewis Griffiths, a specialist executive functioning coach with seven years of experience inside Dubai's top international schools, every article is grounded in neuroscience and tested with real students across IB, IGCSE, and American curriculum programmes. From understanding why smart students underperform to building the systems that produce genuine academic independence, these articles give Dubai parents the knowledge to make informed decisions about their child's support. Browse by category, search by topic, or start with our most popular guides on ADHD procrastination, time blindness, and working memory.
Same house, same rules, completely different children. Why one sibling plans ahead and the other forgets everything, and how to support both without comparing them.
Capable of more. Needs to be more organised. Inconsistent. How to decode your child's first-term report, prepare for the parent-teacher meeting, and fix what's really going on.
Tutor, therapist, or coach? A clear, honest breakdown of the executive function and ADHD support options actually available to Dubai families.
The IA has no daily deadline, so executive function does all the work. Why capable IB students stall on Internal Assessments — and what actually helps in Dubai.
Your child is gifted and struggling at the same time. What twice exceptional looks like in Dubai's international schools, and what actually helps.
Bright girls often mask executive function struggles at school, then unravel at home. What teachers miss, and what actually helps.
School starts 31 August 2026. The executive function skills Dubai teenagers need to reset after summer, and the two-week plan parents can start today.
Is your IB student stuck on their Extended Essay? Why ADHD and executive function gaps — not laziness — cause EE paralysis, and what actually helps.
Your ADHD teenager flatly refuses to do homework. It's not defiance — it's a specific neurological pattern. Here's what's actually driving it and what fixes it.
These articles give you the knowledge. Personalized coaching gives your child the implementation, accountability, and support to actually build these skills.