🎙️ New Episode: Understanding Executive Functioning in Kids

Executive functioning isn’t just a buzzword — it’s the foundation of how children plan, organize, regulate emotions, shift between tasks, and make sense of their world.

In this week’s Playful Beginnings, we break down what executive functioning really is, how it develops in early childhood, and why play therapists must understand these skills to truly meet children where they are.

From impulse control to working memory to flexible thinking, we explore the brain-building that happens through PLAY — and how developmentally appropriate expectations can transform both the therapy room and the home.

Whether you’re a play therapist, parent, or teacher, this episode will help you: ✨ Recognize what’s neurologically realistic for kids ✨ Understand how stress + trauma impact executive skills ✨ Use child-centered principles to support growth ✨ See play as the brain’s natural training ground

If you want to deepen your clinical wisdom and support kids more compassionately, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.

🎧 Listen now on Playful Beginnings #PlayfulBeginnings #ExecutiveFunctioning #PlayTherapy #ChildDevelopment #CCPT #CPRT #ThePlayTherapySpace