Executive functions are skills everyone uses to organize and act on Information. The eight key Executive functions are Impulse control, Emotional Control, Flexible Thinking, Working Memory, Self-Monitoring, Planning and Prioritizing, Task Initiation, and Organization. If your child has executive functioning issues, he may struggle with some or all of the above skills.
I’m looking at this from a trauma lens, and invite comments and corrections. I was unable to get the formatting to copy, so just working on the How it Looks section:
Impulse Control (How it looks): Children with weak impulse control may be more likely to engage in unexpected behavior.
Emotional Control: When something goes wrong, a child may become dysregulated and struggle to react appropriately to academic and social challenges.
Flexible Thinking: Frustration may result when a child is asked to change their approach or a conflict occurs.
Working Memory: Children with weak working memory may need more than help than reminders or notes, in order to successfully follow directions.
Self-Monitoring: For a child who does not yet have this skill, care must be taken to give ongoing feedback in order to avoid a negative outcome.
Planning and Prioritizing: Children who struggle with planning may need support to determine which parts of a project are most important.
Task Initiation: A child may have no idea where to begin and look as if he is avoiding a task.
Organization: Children who struggle with organization and focus may easily lose their train of though, as well as supplies and papers.
Modified from http://www.NCLEQuiz.com
Could you please correct the following errors & republish?
1) Information in the 1st sentence should not be capitalized
2) Week should be weak under Impulse Control – How it looks section
3) Under Planning and Prioritizing – What it means section, I would suggest revising “help your child on a goal” to “help your child set a goal” for clarity, and also change “and e plan to meet it” to “and make a plan to meet it”
4) Taka should be take under Task Initiation – What it means section
Thank you!
update soon
Would love to see these updates/changes made, too. This is a great, comprehensive list and I’d like to offer it as a resource to parents once corrections are made.
my gosh, are we picky??!? Great list whomever made it, thank you!
Ok, so what can we do to help grow these skills/functions?
Heaps of spelling errors. A shame as I would have shared it with colleagues if it didn’t have errors.
Impulse control:
The word weak is mispelled.