Executive Function

What You Will Learn:

• Executive function skills that impact the development of independence?

• How to support students go from intention to action.

• How to support students to see and sense the passage of time and complete work in allocated time frames?

Teachers Parents and Allied Health NEED this knowledge

Have you had this experience?
Students don’t get started on work when they get back to their seats
You send your kid to brush their teeth but they do something else.
Clients can’t organise their materials and that takes over the goal.

Executive function is a set of cognitive skills that include working memory, flexible thinking, and impulse control. We use these skills every day to learn, work, and manage daily life. When you have challenges with executive function, it can make it hard to focus, follow directions, handle emotions, and get tasks started and finished.

Some indicators that a child may be experiencing challenges with executive function include difficulties with:

• Have difficulty starting and/or completing tasks
• Have difficulty prioritising tasks
• Forget what they just heard or read
• Have difficulty following directions or a sequence of steps
• Panic when rules or routines change
• Have difficulty switching focus from one task to another
• Have difficulty organizing their thoughts
• Have difficulty keeping track of their belongings
• Have difficulty managing their time