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EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS

Time management, organization, prioritizing are executive functioning skills

Students who have ADHD often have impairments in areas of executive functioning. However, even very "smart" kids can struggle with EFS. I teach students how to improve EFS based on their unique individual abilities in order to help them reach their academic potential. I help parents support their child through this process. 

Executive Functioning Skills:

  • Impulse Control: the ability to think before you act. Being able to take the time to evaluate a situation and how your reactions to a situation may impact you positively or negatively.

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  • Organization: the ability to develop effective systems to track information, tasks, materials, commitments for any given situation, the ability to create checklists, and manage responsibilities.

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  • Cognitive Flexibility: the ability to move from one situation to another, thinking flexibly, adapting to changing conditions, facing tranitions, setbacks, revising plans.

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  • Goal Directed Persistence: the ability to set measurable goals and follow through without getting distracted by other interests, or giving up.

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  • Task Initiation: the ability to begin a task, getting started generating ideas, efficiently working through steps without problematic procrastination.

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  • Working Memory: the ability to hold on to information for a purpose of completing a task. Frawing on past experiences to help with complex tasks or projects. 

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  • Planning and Prioritizing: the ability to make a roadmap to complete a projext, and or reach a goal.

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  • Self-Monitoring: the ability to monitor your own performance, being able to self evaluate your own skills and ask "How am I doing? How could I do better?"

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  • Time Management: the ability to stay within time limits, estimate how much time you have and allocate the appropriate time you need for a specific task. 

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  • Sustained Attention: the ability to stay focused on long term tasks without being swayed by fatigue, distractions, or other interests. 

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  • Emotional Control: the ability to identify and manage emotions to achieve goals, and complete tasks.​

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