GrowNOW ADHD Therapy Services

Energetic, Engaging – redefining what “Therapy” can be!

Specialized Services

GrowNOW ADHD Provides Assistance with –

  • Executive Function
  • Parent Coaching
  • Speech-Language Therapy
  • Youth Coaching
  • Social Groups
  • Teen & Young Adult Community Events
  • Specialized Evaluations
  • Job Coaching
  • Career Coaching
  • Intensive College-Aged Executive Function Programming
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Our Work

Our Executive Functioning – Internal Language Treatment Model™ Builds Independent Skills

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Internal Language:
Visual Imagery & Self-Talk

Improves the 4 CORE Executive Function Skills

Self-Regulation

The ability to regulate emotions, language, body, and behavior in various environments.

Self-Motivation

The ability to motivate Self towards non-preferred tasks.

Self-Awareness

The ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions align with your internal standards and how you present yourself to others.

Self-Evaluation

The ability to learn from past experiences and apply them to the present.

What Is Executive Function and Why Is Everyone Talking About it?

Executive Function is a term used to describe a set of mental processes that helps us connect past experience with present action. We use the executive function when we perform such activities as planning, organizing, strategizing, and paying attention to or remembering details.

Executive Function affects all areas of an individual’s life – current thinking breaks executive functions skills down into three main areas of life; social, home, and academic.

Executive Functions are the foundation for ALL Learning. These crucial life skills focus on independence, positivity, resilience, and success.

There is no greater predictor of success in school, social relationships, jobs, and careers than Executive Function Skills.

These skills allow us to learn from past experiences (and not repeat mistakes) and forecast into the future so we can plan, prioritize, and problem solve – and be prepared for what’s to come.

When we do this – we can self-regulate our emotions and self-motivate toward new, challenging, and non-preferred tasks.

Independence. Positivity. Success. Dreams Achieved.

Academic Executive Functions

Time Management
Organization
Homework Completion
Reading & Writing Skills
Study Skills

Social Executive Functions

Perspective-Taking Skills
Situational Awareness
Reading the Room
Social Reciprocity
Social Relatedness
Motivation Towards Social Experiences
Maintaining Social Relationships

Home Executive Functioning

Self-Regulation toward Parents & Siblings
Self-Motivation toward Non-Screen-Based Activities
Organization
Independent Skills
Morning & Evening Routines

GrowNOW Therapy Also Provides Assistance Through

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Community Events

We work with our students out in the community, such as in Parks, Malls, Restaurants, Gyms, and other active environments.

Social Groups

Engaging
Energetic
Hang-Out Groups
Boys & Girls Groups for all ages

Speech-Language Therapy

Michael McLeod, MA, CCC-SLP TSSLD, is a licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologist.

Social Pragmatic Language
AAC Devices & Communication
Apraxia of Speech
Articulation
Speech-Language Evaluations

Receptive Language
Expressive Language
Reading Comprehension
Written Expression
Dyslexia

Youth Coaching

GrowNOW provides individualized Youth Coaching to facilitate life success by providing solutions for establishing a Growth Mindset.

We help you meet goals in all areas of your life. Our resources help you succeed academically, socially, and personally.

Evaluations

GrowNOW provides full diagnostic evaluations in all areas of speech and language, including reading and written language.

Ready to get started?

Call now and speak directly with Mike, or request an appointment.

“… When I heard that Mike was doing work around executive functioning, I was quick to presume that he was doing what most people in the Philadelphia area who claim to work on executing functioning do – helping kids organize school materials. Organizing school materials is a small part of executive functioning, [but] it’s not addressing lagging executive function skills at their foundation.

When I first spoke with Mike I knew right away that he was the real deal and knew what he was doing. He was actually working on executive function skill development. I refer many families to GrowNOW ADHD.”

Ryan Wexelblatt
ADHD Dude

Testimonials

Why Families & Educators Choose GrowNOW – it’s DIFFERENT!

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velia gonzales
2022-08-29
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.
katie G
2022-08-17
I can not say enough about the services we are receiving at growNow! My 14 year old son NEVER complains and looks forward to going EVERY week! Mark and Mike truly do their best to get to know the kids and their needs and create a plan to help them succeed!!
Eliott Boettcher
2022-02-17
The best executive function coach of all time!
Evelyn Tan
2021-10-07
I'm a speech-language pathologist and I must say Grow Now's online resources are fantastic - lots of practical strategies to help build a child's executive functioning skills! I especially like the Tech Executive Function Grow Plan, super helpful.
Graciela Valverde
2021-09-18
Mr. McLeod takes the latest research and applies it in a very meaningful and life changing way. The help he is able to provide is beyond measure!
Meredith Fields
2021-08-23
Tina was such a great resource for our son Rhys who needed some speech help. Rhys loves going to speech and we've seen tons of improvement over just a few sessions. If he needs some more help, we know where to go!
Erin Gallegos
2021-08-20
Grow Now's resources are fantastic - I am finding them useful both as a parent but as an elementary school teacher. Pushing me to think about how critical executive functioning is in day to day living.
Stacey Sturm
2021-08-10
The Tech Executive Function Grow plan is outstanding. I have tried modeling good tech and other healthy behaviors while also trying to implement a less restrictive plan and everything failed. GrowNOW's plan is specific and meets the needs of my 9, 11, and 13 year olds while also giving amazing explanations to parents. It's time to end the dependency on screen times and this is just the tool needed to motivate parents and take back control of the household.