Today we're going to talk about executive functioning for autistic preschoolers. I know a lot of times when we hear executive functioning, we think of older kids.  You might think of things like organizing and planning. But we really can start working on executive functioning skills with young children at the three to 5-year-old level.  Keep listening and I’ll share the 3 areas that make up executive functioning along with tips on how to support these areas at the early childhood level.

Topics Discussed:

• What is executive functioning?

• Reasons that executive functioning is important

• Skills that make up executive functioning

• Examples of activities that support executive functioning at the early childhood level

Links Mentioned In This Episode: 

Visual Supports Starter Set

Predictable Routines Blog

Podcast Episode #35 Predictable Routines

Podcast Episode #61 Visual Supports

Visual Schedules

Tasks Galore Book

Visual Art Projects

Stop & Go Song Playlist - YouTube

Checklist Of Communicative Functions And Means

Simple Turn Taking Games

Tera Sumpter, SLP - Executive Functioning

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• Autism Little Learners on Instagram

• Autism Little Learners on Facebook

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