For the next several weeks, we are focusing on the concept of executive functioning. If you've been in the autism/ADHD/learning disabilities world for any amount of time, this term is probably really familiar to you. It can be defined in a lot of different ways, and it can be quite confusing. Today I'm talking about:

3:02: What is executive functioning?

4:08: Memory

9:18: Planning

13:21: Inhibition

17:28: Summary and what's coming up next!

Segment from this episode:

Kids in class see other kids' science fair projects, book reports, that six month oral history report, whatever it may be. They see other kids that seems to be on top of this management stuff. And their desk, meanwhile, is exploding. And they did theirs the night before. And it's not typed, it's handwritten, and they don't even have all the pages together. And they didn't turn in their homework yesterday.

Kids constantly late to school because they aren't able to manage their time and attention in the morning to get up and get out the door. And there's arguing and yelling and all kinds of stuff happening at home in the morning because of their inability to regulate their time and their attention and to prioritize things.