Executive Functioning

What is executive functioning?

• assistance to function

• the ability to struggle with things in life

• functioning executively

• skills to organize and act on information

Which of the following are Executive Functioning Skills?

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

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

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

• self-monitoring, planning and prioritizing, task initiation, organization

Which term allows you to adjust to something unexpected?

• planning and organization

• flexible thinking

• flexible planning

• impulse control

Select the synonym for evaluating how you are doing:

• self monitoring

• self-evaluation

• self mowing

• self making

Check all of the ways you can plan/prioritize tasks

• planner

• guessing

• to-do lists

• sticky notes/post it notes

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

• start time

• task retrieval

• task initiation

• task completion

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

• your backpack

• difficulty in prioritizing

• organization

• task inititation

An example of being organized is:

• beginning to write your essay

• memorizing for a test

• not over reacting

• keeping all your handouts in a set place, like a folder

An example of working memory is:

• not over reacting

• memorizing for a test

• starting an essay

• keeping all your homework in a set place

Self control is being able to manage:

• thoughts

• feelings

• actions

• all of the above