ADHD & Executive Function Specialists

The Award Winning GrowNOW Internal Skills Model© Over 2,000 Families Proudly Served Since 2016.

  • Executive Function Coaching for kids, teens, and young adults
  • Fully Personalized Parent Training built right in
  • Not talk therapy, not counseling, not what you have already tried
  • Virtual worldwide, all based on real world progress
Sessions Mon–Fri, 7am–9pm Never any contracts or commitments The Best Selling published method & model
The Executive Function Playbook by Michael McLeod, the GrowNOW method in print
the method, in print
Where should you start? Pick your path.

Trusted by hundreds of schools and 2,000+ families

Hill Top Preparatory School Friends Select School The Haverford School The Phelps School Delaware County Christian School Malvern Preparatory School North Penn School District Friends' Central School Spring-Ford Area School District Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy Lower Merion School District Westtown School Thomas Jefferson University Regina Coeli Academy Perkiomen Valley School District Fusion Academy Tredyffrin/Easttown School District St. Edmund's Academy Montessori Children's House of Valley Forge Holy Child School at Rosemont Drexel University The School in Rose Valley West Chester University St. Katharine of Siena School The Tatnall School St. John the Baptist School The Brooklyn New School Assumption BVM School White Plains Public Schools Public Schools of the Tarrytowns Florence Township School District Calvert County Public Schools Springfield Public Schools Mercer Island School District King's Schools Saanich School District 63 Pardes Jewish Day School Toras Chaim YBH Hackettstown Blind Brook Tecumseh Chagrin Falls Main Line Parent LOVE Award
"The best he's done in FIVE YEARS. I'm crying."
A GrowNOW parent · message to their coach
"When I say that he has done a 180....I am not exaggerating. I had his conferences this past week. For the first time EVER he passed EVERY class with a C and above. Finished with NO missing assignments!"
Parent of a 10th grader · six months in
"You know you guys are actually helping me. It may not seem like it but it's working."
High school senior · to his coach
"For the first time in a decade or more my son left all this electronics downstairs and went up to his room and read game of thrones for two hours
I could cry
I'm not kidding"
A GrowNOW parent
"“There has been a noticeable difference in your son in the last year and we're unsure what has brought on this big change.” This was the consensus at my last IEP meeting, and the mysterious cause for the big change was GrowNOW."
Melanie P · parent
"My son was very reluctant and had a full on fit right before. But after about 5 mins, he was all in."
A GrowNOW parent · Facebook group
"The parenting training piece with @grownowadhd has been a GAMECHANGER for us. Our son has tools and more importantly we have tools."
A GrowNOW parent · Instagram
"Our experience with GrowNow is the first time we have received true, action oriented solutions for specific behaviors and situations."
5-star Google review · parent
01What we do

Supporting kids, teens, parents, and schools at every level.

All ages, all over the world. Four ways in, one method underneath.

A GrowNOW coaching session in the clinic lounge For kids, teens & young adults

Executive Function Coaching

1-on-1 Internal Skills coaching with our expert staff, virtual or in person. Engaging sessions they actually love, nothing like anything they have tried before.

About the coaching
A parent-training conversation with a GrowNOW coach over Zoom For parents

Fully Personalized Parent Training

Parents gain a true supporter in their coach, regain their authority, and bring peace back home. The number one ADHD recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

About parent training
A GrowNOW professional development training For schools & organizations

Professional Development Trainings

Mike McLeod is an internationally renowned trainer for schools and organizations. Practical tools that benefit all students, not just the ones with ADHD.

See school programs
Mike McLeod speaking to an audience For events & audiences

Keynotes, speaking, and presentations

Book Mike for an inspiring, game-changing talk about why executive functions decide so much of daily life, and what families and schools can do about it.

Book a keynote
02The GrowNOW Internal Skills Model

Coaching that builds the skills reminders can't.

Charts, alarms, and constant prompting work only while someone is standing there. The GrowNOW Internal Skills Model coaches your child to build their own internal language, the self-talk that starts, sticks with, and finishes things from the inside.

Coaching, not therapy. Different, innovative, and built specifically for the ADHD brain.
Individualized, never a curriculum. Every student gets a plan built around their goals.
Grounded in the research of Dr. Russell Barkley and Dr. George McCloskey.
Two GrowNOW coaches with the stop, think, act sequence on a whiteboard
stop, think, act
the four internal skills
SKILL 01

Self‑awareness

Noticing what is happening in the moment, and that it is time to act.

SKILL 02

Self‑regulation

Managing emotions and impulses instead of being run by them.

SKILL 03

Self‑motivation

Starting the non-preferred task without a chase or a bribe.

SKILL 04

Self‑evaluation

Checking their own work against what done actually looks like.

all four powered by working memory

Nonverbal working memory, visual imagery, and helpful self-talk that guides action. The goal is simple, they do more, you prompt less.

Where executive function shows up, the 3 zones

Academic

Being a strong student, getting the work done, and earning the grades they are capable of.

Home

The most common one. Self-regulation with parents and siblings, and starting, persisting with, and finishing non-preferred, non-screen tasks.

Social

Perspective-taking, reading the room, and situational awareness. Not eye-contact drills.

You do not need to struggle in all three to have ADHD or executive function delays. most families see themselves in one or two.

03Why we do it

Everyone comes to us tired.

Parents are burned out.

Talk therapy isn't working, screens are taking over, and nothing seems to make a real difference.

Educators are overwhelmed.

Managing behavior, emotions, and academics without enough time, training, or support.

Kids are stuck.

Overwhelmed, misunderstood, and expected to know things no one has ever taught them.

Everyone is frustrated.

The cycle keeps repeating, and no one feels like it is working.

Our kids deserve better!

That is the whole reason GrowNOW exists. Real skills, built from the inside, so the progress shows up at home and school, not just in session.

04Every program

One method, a program for every stage.

Whatever brought you here, there is a specific program for it, and every one of them runs on the same Internal Skills Model.

For parents & kids
Parent support
For young adults
For schools & educators
The Executive Function Playbook by Michael McLeod, published by Wiley
05The GrowNOW book & workbook

The Executive Function Playbook. the Parent Empowerment Best Seller.

Building independence in kids with ADHD, published by Wiley. The same Internal Skills Model our coaches use every day, written down so you can start it at home, with a companion workbook to practice from.

06The podcast

The ADHD Parenting Podcast. the method, out loud.

Mike co-hosts it with Ryan Wexelblatt of ADHD Dude, practical conversations for parents raising kids with ADHD, in the same plain language you'll hear in a session. Press play on the latest episode right here, or follow the show wherever you listen.

07Real stories, lasting change

Families see it. Schools see it too.

Real parent testimonials, in their own words.

"Through their services, I have seen my children flourish in ways I never thought they could. Thank you so much for providing this much-needed and rarely addressed service to the community."

Amanda F · parent

"I cannot express enough gratitude for the incredible work GrowNOW has done with our daughter. Since starting coaching for her and parent coaching for us, we've seen remarkable improvements in executive functioning skills."

Tom S · parent

"I cannot say enough about the services we are receiving at GrowNOW! My 14-year-old son NEVER complains and looks forward to going EVERY week."

Katie G · parent

"The best coach of all time. This really helped and changed me!"

Eliott B · GrowNOW student

"Michael definitely knows his stuff! As a mom of a neurodivergent child, and as a speech pathologist and as a neurodiverse person myself, I can say with confidence that I highly recommend learning from him."

Velia G · parent

"We were incredibly impressed with the depth of his knowledge. Everyone left feeling empowered!"

School leadership · parent & teacher night
2,000+
families since 2016
Worldwide
virtual coaching, every timezone
2
published Wiley books on the method
08Ready when you are

Start without a chase. finish without a fight.

Tell us about your child, get matched with your best-fit coach, and meet them on a free call before any paid session.

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