Executive Function Skill #7 of 11 By Dr. Katrin Kusek | ADHD & Executive Function Coach Part of the Executive Function Skills Series. Start with Post #1: "What Are Executive Function Skills? A Parent's Guide." It's Not Carelessness. It's a Systems Problem. The backpack is a disaster zone. Important papers are missing. Their room looks like a clothing explosion. You've organized their space — beautifully, logically — and within three days it looks exactly as it did before.