The Journey: PCA Parent Podcast

Executive Functioning: What You Need to Know to Help Your Student Grow!

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Guests: Dr. J’Aime Balogh, Jenitta Eskew, and Nena Graham

 

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Executive Functioning - are all of the cognitive skills necessary to regulate your thinking, feelings/emotions, and behaviors to reach a goal.

 

Executive Functioning skills are necessary for all of the other cognitive functions - these are the primary functions that make up what we call “executive functioning”:

  • Memory
  • Attention
  • Motor Skills
  • Verbalizing
  • Visualizing
  • Completing Learning Tasks

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    Executive functioning skills include

    • Task initiation - starting and stopping tasks
    • Response inhibition - keeping yourself from responding impulsively
    • Focus - how to stay on task and not get distracted
    • Time management - planning good use of your time and avoiding procrastination
    • Working memory - holding information in your mind long enough to do something with it
    • Flexibility - being able to shift ideas and plans
    • Self-regulation - being able to reflect on your actions and make changes
    • Emotional self-control - managing your emotions and reflecting on your emotions
    • Task completion - sustaining levels of task and attention to complete a task


      • Special shout out to Jared Wood for allowing us to use his music - check him out at JaredWoodMusic!

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