Now Accepting New Clients & School Partnerships:
Busy Bees is currently accepting new clients and offering professional development and individual case consultation services in the Maryland/DC Area.
Strategies for Adults
What We Offer
ABA Sessions
ABA sessions for adults with ADHD focus on building practical skills that support organization, time management, task completion, and emotional regulation. Using individualized strategies and data-driven feedback, sessions help strengthen routines and promote greater independence at work, home, and in daily life.
Education
Sessions also emphasize education and self-awareness, helping individuals better understand how ADHD affects their behavior, motivation, and daily functioning. By identifying personal strengths, challenges, and effective strategies, clients gain tools to advocate for their needs and build sustainable habits for success.
ACT Training
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports adults with ADHD by increasing psychological flexibility and improving the ability to manage distractions, difficult emotions, and avoidance patterns. Rather than trying to eliminate challenging thoughts or feelings, ACT helps individuals develop mindfulness skills, clarify personal values, and take consistent action toward meaningful goals, improving motivation, emotional regulation, and follow-through in daily life.
Steps to Success
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Consultation & Goal Setting
​Services begin with a structured consultation to evaluate functional strengths, executive functioning challenges, environmental barriers, and current support systems. Standardized and interview-based assessments may be used to clarify needs across work, home, academic, and social settings. Collaborative goal development ensures treatment targets are socially significant, values-aligned, and measurable. This process establishes a clear treatment framework and identifies priority areas for intervention.
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ACT & Self-Awareness
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles are integrated to increase psychological flexibility and self-awareness. Individuals learn to identify how ADHD-related patterns affect attention, motivation, avoidance behaviors, and emotional responses. Interventions focus on values clarification, cognitive defusion, acceptance strategies, and present-moment awareness to reduce experiential avoidance and increase engagement in meaningful activities. This stage supports improved self-advocacy, resilience, and sustained motivation.
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ABA Skill Building & Support
​Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) interventions target executive functioning and adaptive behavior through individualized skill acquisition and environmental modifications. Evidence-based strategies are used to improve task initiation, organization, time management, self-monitoring, and emotional regulation. Interventions may include task analysis, behavioral activation, reinforcement systems, habit formation protocols, and data-driven progress monitoring. Ongoing evaluation ensures strategies are effective, generalized across settings, and maintained over time to promote long-term independence and functional success.