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Explore free Sticky Brain Studio guides, trackers, checklists, worksheets, and mini tools for sticky brains of all ages. These resources are designed to help you take one clear next step without getting overwhelmed.

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Free guides, checklists, and trackers

Start with no-cost tools for routines, homework, emotional regulation, ADHD, anxiety, health changes, school support, and everyday sticky brain moments.

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Start Task Checklist + Task Breakdown Template

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A free executive functioning tool for kids, teens, adults, parents, and providers. Helps turn overwhelming tasks into smaller, more doable steps using task naming, first-step planning, timers, body doubling, and simple follow-through support.

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Homework Routine Template + After-School Reset Plan

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A free parent-friendly tool for building a calmer after-school and homework routine. Includes a fillable homework schedule, decompression plan, and the Three R’s of after-school reset: refuel, release, and reconnect before asking the brain to perform again.

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Daily Routine Tracker

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A free printable tracker for building simple daily routines around sleep, meals, movement, and follow-through. Helps kids, teens, adults, parents, and providers notice patterns, celebrate small wins, and reflect when routines do not go as planned.

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My Week Check-In

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A free weekly check-in worksheet for kids to reflect on feelings, coping skills, and progress between therapy sessions. Includes a simple feelings check, big feelings reflection, coping plan, skill tally, and points tracker for child therapy or parent support.

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STOP · NAME · BREATHE Worksheet

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A simple, kid-friendly worksheet for big feelings. This free Sticky Brain Studio tool helps children practice three steps: stop, name the feeling, and breathe or count before choosing what to do next. Great for home, therapy, school counseling, classrooms, or calm-down corners.

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Meltdown vs. Tantrum Decision Tree

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A free parent-friendly decision tree for understanding the difference between meltdowns and tantrums. Helps caregivers pause, observe what may be driving the behavior, and respond with the right kind of support instead of escalating the moment.

ADHD and executive functioning freebies

Free tools for task initiation, routines, ADHD conversations, school support, and figuring out whether attention, anxiety, or executive functioning may be part of the picture.

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ADHD Parent Explanation Scripts

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A free provider script sheet for explaining ADHD to parents in clear, strengths-based, non-shaming language. Includes quick scripts for ADHD basics, parent guilt, medication questions, “will they outgrow it?”, labels, and ADHD-related strengths.

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ADHD vs. Anxiety Parent Quick-Reference Cheat Sheet

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A free parent-friendly cheat sheet to help compare ADHD and anxiety patterns in children. This quick reference explains common overlaps in focus, restlessness, avoidance, sleep, emotions, social difficulty, and performance, plus when to seek a comprehensive evaluation.

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F-O-C-U-S ADHD Evaluation Sheet

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A free quick-reference tool for primary care providers using the original Sticky Brain Studio F-O-C-U-S framework for ADHD evaluation: Function, Other Symptoms, Consistency, Unusual Presentations, and Supports. Helps providers look beyond rating scales and organize clinical judgment.

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Primary Care ADHD Decision Tree

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A free 1-page ADHD clinical workflow for primary care providers. Uses Sticky Brain Studio’s original F-O-C-U-S framework to guide ADHD concerns from identification to data gathering, DSM-5 verification, multimodal planning, follow-up, referral, and urgent safety pathways.

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Weekly Task Reset

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A free 2-page executive functioning worksheet for planning the week. Helps sticky brains sort what is on their plate, pick top priorities, break down one hard task, gather needed materials, add body care, let go of one “should,” and map the week visually.

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Command Script Cheat Sheet

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A free parent-friendly script sheet for giving clear directions without repeating, yelling, or threatening. Includes short command examples, calm follow-through steps, and a checklist to use before repeating yourself.

Health, pain, and life transition freebies

Free tools for nervous system recovery, pain flares, sleep disruption, medical events, values, routines, and getting steady again after life changes.

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Getting Started After a Medical Event

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A free health psychology handout for adults recovering after a significant medical event. Covers nervous system high-alert mode, rebuilding sleep rhythm, gentle eating, healthcare avoidance or over-checking, 4-7-8 breathing, pacing, and small steady steps forward.

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Your Nervous System After a Health Change

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A free health psychology handout for adults adjusting after a diagnosis, surgery, persistent symptom, or medical event. Explains high-alert nervous system mode, uncertainty distress, medical reality vs. fear loops, danger vs. discomfort, thought diffusion, breathing, grounding, and next steps.

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When Pain Keeps You Up

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A free nighttime pain and sleep handout for adults whose pain gets louder at night. Includes 4-6 breathing, temperature contrast, gentle micro-movement, sensory grounding, the adapted get-out-of-bed rule, thought diffusion, and a nighttime flare plan.

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When Sleep Will Not Come

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A free health psychology sleep handout for adults whose brain or body will not settle at night. Includes a wind-down protocol, ABC game, worry window, body settling tools, emotional containment, sleep hygiene audit, bad night plan, and sleep setup checklist.

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Values When Life Looks Different

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A free health psychology handout for adults rebuilding meaning after illness, pain, disability, or a major health change. Helps readers separate worth from productivity, understand goals vs. values, identify what matters, and choose one small values-based action.

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Building Your Daily Stabilizers

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A free health psychology handout for building small daily practices that protect mental health over time. Includes three daily gratitudes, somatic grounding, social anchors, realistic pacing, nervous system resets, and a simple stabilizer plan.

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Restoring Your Balance Packet

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A free self-care and overwhelm packet for adults, caregivers, helpers, and busy humans who feel stretched thin. Includes gentle prompts for protecting time, noticing body signals, setting boundaries, and using grounding tools when the wave of overwhelm hits.

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When Pain Spikes

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A free one-page pain flare protocol for moments when pain is loud and thinking clearly is hard. Includes five simple steps: pause, breathe, soften, redirect, and respond with kindness before choosing the next small action.

Free tools for clinicians, educators, and providers

No-cost tools for brief conversations, ADHD care, mental health decision-making, school support, and culturally responsive identification.

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Addressing Disparities in ADHD Care

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A free provider quick-reference on ADHD equity in pediatric care. Covers racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in ADHD diagnosis and treatment, implicit bias, access barriers, culturally responsive framing, and action steps for more equitable identification.

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60-Second CBT Conversation Card

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A free quick-reference card for pediatric primary care, therapy, and brief support visits. Includes four CBT-informed questions to help children name feelings, notice what their brain is saying, check the facts, and choose one helpful next step.

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F-O-C-U-S ADHD Evaluation Sheet

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A free quick-reference tool for primary care providers using the original Sticky Brain Studio F-O-C-U-S framework for ADHD evaluation: Function, Other Symptoms, Consistency, Unusual Presentations, and Supports. Helps providers look beyond rating scales and organize clinical judgment.

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School Day Tracker

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A free teacher + therapist companion tracker to help children practice school-day goals, emotional regulation, classroom skills, and weekly rewards. Includes daily check-ins, teacher notes, weekly totals, and a prize bank for therapy or school support.

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Autism Evaluation Decision Guide

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A free parent/caregiver decision guide to help you think through whether your child may benefit from an autism evaluation. Includes common signs in social communication, sensory differences, repetitive behaviors, developmental concerns, and guidance on when to seek assessment.

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Primary Care Mental Health Decision Tree

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A free 1-page pediatric anxiety and depression workflow for primary care providers. Guides PCPs through identifying somatic and behavioral signs, screening with validated tools, using 60-Second CBT, offering brief interventions, coaching parents, and deciding when to monitor, refer, or escalate.

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Primary Care ADHD Decision Tree

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A free 1-page ADHD clinical workflow for primary care providers. Uses Sticky Brain Studio’s original F-O-C-U-S framework to guide ADHD concerns from identification to data gathering, DSM-5 verification, multimodal planning, follow-up, referral, and urgent safety pathways.

Free mini courses

Explore short, practical mini courses designed to make mental health and executive functioning tools easier to use in real life. Each course focuses on one clear skill, system, or next step so you can start small and build from there.

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How to Handle Homework Battles

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A free 2-part mini course for parents and caregivers stuck in nightly homework battles. Learn why after-school meltdowns are often about depletion, not defiance, and how to use decompression time, predictable routines, short homework blocks, supportive scripts, and the included reset plan.