Executive Functioning Skills

What is Executive Functioning?

• The ability to adapt to new situations and deal with change. It also includes perspective-taking and making to fix a problem.

• Executive functions are the brain skills that everyone needs and uses to complete tasks in our daily lives. They are the processes of the brain that allow us to plan, organize, and manage our thoughts and actions.

• The ability to figure out how to accomplish our goals. It includes analyzing what you need and what steps you'll need to complete a task.

• Sticking to a task and not giving up, even when it becomes challenging.

What is planning?

• The ability to figure out how to accomplish our goals. It includes analyzing what you need and what steps you'll need to complete a task.

• Having an accurate understanding of how long tasks will take and using time wisely and effectively to accomplish tasks. It includes pacing yourself and meeting deadlines.

• Sticking to a task and not giving up, even when it becomes challenging.

• Being aware of what you know and what you don't know. It is being able to understand what you need in order to improve your learning.

What is Organization?

• The ability to independently start tasks when needed. It's the process that allows you to just begin something even when you don't want to.

• The ability to regulate yourself, including your thoughts, actions, and emotions.

• Being able to develop and maintain a system to keep materials and plans orderly.

• Is the ability to focus on a person or task for a period of time. It includes avoiding distractions and being able to shift your focus when needed.

What is Time Management?

• The ability to figure out how to accomplish our goals. It includes analyzing what you need and what steps you'll need to complete a task.

• Having an accurate understanding of how long tasks will take and using time wisely and effectively to accomplish tasks. It includes pacing yourself and meeting deadlines.

• The ability to regulate yourself, including your thoughts, actions, and emotions.

• Is the ability to focus on a person or task for a period of time. It includes avoiding distractions and being able to shift your focus when needed.

What is Task Initiation?

• Being able to develop and maintain a system to keep materials and plans orderly.

• Being aware of what you know and what you don't know. It is being able to understand what you need in order to improve your learning.

• Sticking to a task and not giving up, even when it becomes challenging.

• The ability to independently start tasks when needed. It's the process that allows you to just begin something even when you don't want to.

What is Working Memory?

• Being aware of what you know and what you don't know. It is being able to understand what you need in order to improve your learning.

• The ability to adapt to new situations and deal with change. It also includes perspective-taking and making to fix a problem.

• Having an accurate understanding of how long tasks will take and using time wisely and effectively to accomplish tasks. It includes pacing yourself and meeting deadlines.

• The mental processes that allow us to hold information in our minds while working with it. Important for remembering information, following directions, and completing academic problems.

What is Metacognition?

• The ability to figure out how to accomplish our goals. It includes analyzing what you need and what steps you'll need to complete a task.

• The mental processes that allow us to hold information in our minds while working with it. Important for remembering information, following directions, and completing academic problems.

• Being aware of what you know and what you don't know. It is being able to understand what you need in order to improve your learning.

• Sticking to a task and not giving up, even when it becomes challenging.

What is Self-Control?

• The ability to regulate yourself, including your thoughts, actions, and emotions.

• Is the ability to focus on a person or task for a period of time. It includes avoiding distractions and being able to shift your focus when needed.

• The ability to adapt to new situations and deal with change. It also includes perspective-taking and making to fix a problem.

  sustained attention

• Being able to develop and maintain a system to keep materials and plans orderly.

What is Flexibility?

• The ability to independently start tasks when needed. It's the process that allows you to just begin something even when you don't want to.

• Having an accurate understanding of how long tasks will take and using time wisely and effectively to accomplish tasks. It includes pacing yourself and meeting deadlines.

• The ability to adapt to new situations and deal with change. It also includes perspective-taking and making to fix a problem.

• The ability to regulate yourself, including your thoughts, actions, and emotions.

What is Sustained Attention?

• Sticking to a task and not giving up, even when it becomes challenging.

• Is the ability to focus on a person or task for a period of time. It includes avoiding distractions and being able to shift your focus when needed.

• The ability to regulate yourself, including your thoughts, actions, and emotions.

• The ability to independently start tasks when needed. It's the process that allows you to just begin something even when you don't want to.