Executive Functioning

What is executive functioning?

• The ability to function executively.

• Skills to organize and act on information.

• The ability to not struggle with things in life.

• Assistance for school.

Which of the following are Executive Functioning Skills?

• self-monitoring, planning and prioritizing, task initiation, organization, flexible thinking, emotional control, working memory

• planning and prioritizing, meal prepping, task initiation, emotional control

• seeking assistance, self-advocacy, planning, memory exercises

This allows you to adjust to something unexpected

• flexible planning

• flexible thinking

• planning and organization

• impulse control

A synonym for evaluating how you are doing:

• self-evaluation

• self-monitoring

• powerschool grade check

• monitory

Check all of the ways you can plan/prioritize tasks

• planner

• to-do list

• powerschool

• sticky notes

A student is given a task and begins immediately. This is called:

• start time

• task retrieval

• task intitation

• task completion

Difficulty keeping items or tasks in order demonstrates a weakness in:

• your backpack

• task initiation

• planning and prioritizing

• organization

An example of organization is

• Starting an essay

• Memorizing for a test

• Keeping all your homework in a set place

• Not over reacting

An example of working memory is

• Not over reacting

• Keeping all your homework in a set place

• Memorizing for a test

• Starting an essay

An example of task initiation is

• Starting an essay

• Not over reacting

• Keeping all your homework in a set place

• Memorizing for a test