Resources for Promoting Executive Functioning Skills
Executive functioning skills refers to the cognitive processes that help us plan and organize. Serving as the “CEO” or “manager” of the brain, they help us develop goals, plan how to achieve the goal, identify the resources needed, and determine if we have reached the goal.
Executive functioning skills are a key part of child and adolescent development that are critical for future life success, not just in school, but beyond. We use executive functioning skills to help us:
- Manage time
- Plan and organize
- Develop strategies
- Pay attention
- Remember details
When they don’t work, kids can have trouble starting and completing tasks in a timely manner, generating ideas independently, or struggle to understand that planning is needed to complete a project. The challenge is that we don’t always teach these skills explicitly, yet we expect our kids to use them.
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Websites
Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence from the Harvard Center on the Developing Child
Helping Kids Who Struggle With Executive Functions from the Child Mind Institute
Executive Function Skills from CHADD
Books and Other Materials
Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary “Executive Skills” Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential
Smart but Scattered Teens: The “Executive Skills” Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential
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