Media Resources
An interview with Terese Burk on Executive Functions that addressess what Executive Function skills are, and, how parents and teachers can support the development of these important life skills.
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2022 Planner / Calendar (PowerPoint PPT File)
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Executive Function
- https://www.additudemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Executive-Function-Worksheet.pdf
A list of executive function challenges with suggested and proven interventions. - http://www.ldonline.org/article/24880
Executive Function Fact Sheet provided by the National Center for Learning Disabilities. - https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/executive-function-lens-to-view-your-child/
Seeing life through the eyes of your child with examples of how executive dysfunction can present in an individual.
Self-Control
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/201703/10-strategies-developing-self-control
Practical strategies to help build up self-control and therefore self-esteem. - https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/common-challenges/self-control/the-importance-of-self-control-for-kids-with-learning-and-attention-issues
Addresses the importance of self-control (good executive function skills) for children.
Self-Esteem
- https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/empowering-your-child/self-esteem/7-ways-to-boost-your-childs-self-esteem
Suggestions on how to help a child develop self-esteem.
Self-Monitoring
- https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/4-ways-kids-use-self-monitoring-to-learn
The ability to self-monitor is a necessary skill for learning. - https://www.interventioncentral.org/self_management_self_monitoring
Changing behaviors with the use of self-monitoring strategies. - https://study.com/academy/lesson/self-monitoring-strategies-for-students-with-adhd.html
Self-monitoring strategies for students with ADHD.
Social Anxiety Disorder
- https://www.verywellmind.com/sass-to-overcome-social-anxiety-at-school-4056850
Skills for social and academic success.
Recommended Reading
- Organizing the Disorganized Child: Simple Strategies to Succeed in School by M. Kutscher and M. Moran
- Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning by J. Cooper-Kahn and L. Dietzel
- Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
- Smart but Scattered by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare