In the final episode of the Prepared School Psych podcast's series on executive functioning skills, host Jenny Ponzuric discusses her own strengths and challenges in this area. Jenny details her proficiency in planning and prioritizing, organization, goal-directed persistence, and metacognition. She also candidly addresses her difficulties with task initiation, time management, and flexibility, and explains how leveraging her strengths helps mitigate these challenges. The episode offers personal insights and practical strategies for listeners, and promotes the upcoming Executive Functioning Academy Educator edition launching this summer and fall.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction to the Final Episode

00:44 Jenny's Executive Functioning Strengths

00:55 Strength 1: Planning and Prioritizing

04:49 Strength 2: Organization

07:40 Strength 3: Goal-Directed Persistence

09:16 Strength 4: Metacognition

10:10 Jenny's Executive Functioning Challenges

10:18 Challenge 1: Task Initiation

13:31 Challenge 2: Time Management

16:24 Challenge 3: Flexibility

18:02 Leveraging Strengths to Overcome Challenges

20:01 Conclusion and Academy Information

The information and advice provided are for guidance purposes only, and all participants are required to follow federal and state law and their school district guidelines and policies.