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About Ryan
BCBA · ADHD Dad · Person with ADHD
I work with ADHD brains.I have one.And I'm raising two more.
I'm Ryan Baker-Barrett — a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with 20+ years in the field. I was diagnosed with ADHD at 37, spent those first 37 years wondering why everything felt harder than it should, and now I use all of it — the clinical training, the lived experience, the parenting-in-the-trenches reality — to help families and individuals who are done waiting for things to click on their own.
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Ryan with one of his kids — the strategies get tested here first.
20+
Years in Applied Behavior Analysis
BCBA®
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
ACE
BACB Approved CE Provider IP-24-11059
MS
Utah State University, Summa Cum Laude
Three perspectives. One practice.
Most ADHD support comes from one angle. A clinician who knows the research but hasn't lived it. A coach who's been there but doesn't know the science. A parent who gets it at home but can't explain why the strategies work. I bring all three — and that combination changes what's possible in a session.
The Clinician
BCBA (#1-12-12588) with 20+ years across school districts, clinics, and private practice — including district-wide roles in Newton, MA and Arlington, MA, and clinical work at The Ivymount School's Model Asperger Program. Graduate of Utah State University, summa cum laude.
Developed the Executive Function Roadmap™ — a 16-domain assessment framework — and the PINCH Motivation Framework. Published in the Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders (Springer). BACB ACE Provider IP-24-11059.
The Person with ADHD
Diagnosed at 37. Spent two decades white-knuckling through systems that weren't built for how my brain works — and compensating in ways I didn't recognize until I had a name for it.
The diagnosis didn't change who I was. It changed how I understood myself. And that changed everything about how I practice — because I know exactly what it feels like to be on the other side of the table.
The Parent
Raising two boys with ADHD. Which means every strategy I bring to a session has already been tested at home — in real mornings, real homework standoffs, and real IEP meetings where I sat on the parent side of the table.
I don't recommend things I haven't tried. And I don't give advice without knowing what the 5:47pm cereal aisle version of it actually looks like.
The moment everything made sense.
37 years old. BCBA. Still didn't see it.
I had spent 17 years studying behavior, teaching other people's kids, training parents on evidence-based strategies. I was good at my job. And I had absolutely no idea that what I'd been managing, compensating for, and white-knuckling through my whole adult life had a name.
When I got the diagnosis, I felt two things at once: relief that there was a reason — and a strange grief for the years I'd spent working so much harder than I needed to, at everything, just to keep up.
It also cracked something open professionally. Suddenly I understood my clients differently. Not just what to target — but what it felt like to live inside the brain I was trying to help. That's not something you get from a textbook. And it changes the work completely.
How I work.
My approach is built on two evidence-based frameworks that I've found work better together than either does alone — especially for ADHD brains, which need both a science-backed strategy and a values-based reason to use it.
ABA
Applied Behavior Analysis
The science of behavior change. Not compliance-based, not punishment-driven — a systematic, data-informed way to understand why behaviors happen and build the skills that replace them. This is the scaffolding.
ACT
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Values-based, acceptance-focused work that helps clients stop fighting their own nervous system and start building toward what actually matters. This is the direction. ABA gets you there; ACT tells you where "there" is.
EF Roadmap™
Executive Function Roadmap for ADHD™
A 16-domain proprietary assessment framework I developed to systematically map executive function strengths and deficits. The starting point for every client — because you can't build a plan without a real picture of the terrain.
PINCH
PINCH Motivation Framework
Passion. Interest. Novelty. Challenge. Urgency. ADHD brains don't run on willpower — they run on these five fuels. Every strategy I build is shaped by your PINCH profile, because a system that doesn't fit your motivation structure won't survive contact with a real Tuesday.
The goal
Not compliance. Not just fewer meltdowns. Capability — building a life that actually fits your brain, or your child's brain, instead of grinding against it forever.
Where this experience comes from.
20 years is a long time, and most of it happened in public schools — which means I've sat in hundreds of IEP meetings, trained hundreds of staff and parents, and watched what actually works (and what just looks good on paper) play out across thousands of real cases.
Who I work with.
My practice serves three audiences — and the work looks different for each one, because ADHD at 6 is not ADHD at 16, and ADHD at 37 is a different conversation entirely.
For
Parents
Behavioral parent training for caregivers who love their kid and are also exhausted by their kid. IEP strategy, homework systems, morning routines, meltdown recovery — and the bigger picture of raising a child whose brain works differently in a world that wasn't built for it.
For
Teens
Coaching for teenagers who are tired of being told to "just focus" — and want to actually understand their own brain. Executive function skills, study systems, self-advocacy, and building habits that hold up when I'm not in the room.
For
Adults
Executive function coaching for adults who are done trying to out-willpower their own brain. Deadline systems, task initiation, focus, relationships, career — whatever the gap is between your intentions and your follow-through, that's where we work.
Beyond the practice.
In addition to direct client work, I train behavior analysts through Breakthrough ADHD Training for Behavior Analysts™ — a 4.5-credit, competency-based CE program built around the EF Roadmap™ for BCBAs who are ready to serve ADHD clients with a real framework instead of borrowed autism strategies.
I'm also the founder of Kids Like Mine — a free, hand-selected community for parents of kids with ADHD who want evidence-based guidance, honest conversation, and a place where you don't have to explain the backstory before anyone understands you.
And I write. The blog at getadhd.care is where I put the things I want parents and clients to have access to — not watered-down tips, but the real behavioral science behind why ADHD brains work the way they do, and what to actually do about it on a Tuesday afternoon.
The first conversation is free.
And it might change everything.
No pressure. No pitch. Just 30 minutes to talk about what's going on and figure out whether this is the right fit. Most people leave with at least one new idea — even if we don't end up working together.
619-367-6445 · ryan@getadhd.care · getadhd.care
Our Digital Ecosystem
The tools we use to manage the friction.
An ADHD brain doesn't need more complex systems to keep track of. We use streamlined, purpose-built digital platforms to manage communication, measure progress, and make virtual sessions frictionless.
Client Portal & Exercises
Quenza
Our coaching clients gain absolute, secure access to the digital Quenza portal. This acts as our centralized hub where you can effortlessly view schedules, book upcoming sessions, and engage with interactive exercises within our custom resource library.
BRIEF Assessment
The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) is an objective, gold-standard scientific assessment tool we use to evaluate executive functioning behaviors at home, work, or school environments.
Our Proprietary ACT Planner
To bridge the gap between sessions, we utilize a custom-designed, undated planner meticulously crafted around Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles. Engineered specifically to accommodate the structural needs and neurological patterns of ADHD brains, it serves as a grounded anchor for tangible daily execution.
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