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- Executive Function Skills
Executive Functioning
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Executive function skills are a set of processes or brain based abilities that involve managing oneself (behavior and resources) in order to achieve their goals (Smyth-Myles, 2016). LD-Online states that executive function is "an umbrella term for neurologically based skills involving mental control and self-regulation."•Executive Function Skills Involve:•Organizing
- Presentation on Organization
- Executive Function Skills - Organization (Informative handout with hyperlinks, resources, and apps)
•Planning/Prioritizing- Presentation on Planning/Prioritizing
- Executive Function Skills - Prioritizing (Informative handout with hyperlinks, resources, and apps)
•Activation and Initiation- Presentation on Activation and Initiation
- Executive Function Skills: Initiating/Activating (Informative handout with hyperlinks, resources, and apps)
•Processing Speed
- Executive Function: Processing Speed (Informative handout with hyperlinks, resources, and apps)
•Focusing, Sustaining and Shifting Attention- Presentation on Focusing, Sustaining and Shifting Attention
- Executive Function Skills: Focusing, Sustaining and Shifting Attention (Informative handout with hyperlinks, resources, and apps)
- Working Memory
- Presentation on Working Memory
- Executive Function Skills: Working Memory (Informative handout with hyperlinks, resources, and apps)
•Self-Regulation (Managing Emotions/Modulating Emotion) -- Presentation on Managing Emotion and Modulation Emotion
- Executive Function Skills: Managing Emotion and Modulation of Emotion: (Informative handout with hyperlinks, resources, and apps)
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Executive Function Resources:Books On Executive Function:
- Smart but Scattered, by Dawson and Guare
- Smart but Scattered for Teens, by Dawson and Guare
- The Executive Functioning Workbook for Teens, by Hansen
- Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, by Dawson and Guare
- Unstuck and on Target, by Cannon, Kenworthy, Alexander, Werner & Anthony
- Executive Function in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students, by Kaufman
Online Resources/Links:- LD Online: What is Executive Function
- Cognitive Connections
- Article on How Executive Function Impacts Educational Performance, by Kristin Stanberry
- National Center for Learning Disabilities - Understanding Executive Functioning Issues
- National Center for Learning Disabilities Executive Function Issues: Strategies You Can Try at Home