Your child loses belongings, forgets equipment, and can't keep track of things
A designated spot by the door, visual checklist, colour-coded supplies
Children with ADHD and Dyspraxia have working memory and organisational processing difficulties that mean 'just remembering' is genuinely not possible. External systems — launch pads, checklists, colour coding — do the remembering for them, freeing up cognitive energy for actual learning.
Most impactful from age 5 onwards when school demands increase. These systems remain valuable well into adulthood.
A parent set up a tray by the front door and every evening the whole family put tomorrow's essentials on it. Their child went from forgetting something every day to forgetting something once a week. The system did what their memory couldn't.
