Executive Functioning 101

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Executive functioning skills are cognitive skills essential for individuals to plan, carry out and complete tasks. Simply, these skills help individuals get done what needs to get done. Many people consider executive functioning as the CEO or Project Manager of the brain. 

These include skills such as 

  • Time Management 

  • Organization 

  • Attention 

  • Mental Flexibility 

  • Impulse Control 

  • Emotional Regulation 

  • Task Directed Persistence 

  • Planning/Prioritizing 

  • Working memory 

  • Task Initiation

  • Metacognition 

Activities to Promote Executive Functioning Skills 

  • Following a recipe 

  • Assembling a toy from a manual 

  • Developing and completing an obstacle course with set rules/parameters (ex- limiting to 5 steps or “floor is lava”)

  • Red Light Green Light or Simon Says 

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