(And keep their emotions in check!)
Powerful Strategies to Help Children Develop Independent Executive Function Skills

Executive function skills refer to the mental skills we use to pay attention, to organize and plan tasks and materials, to start tasks and stay focused on them, to manage emotions and be flexible, and to keep track of what we are doing. Young children rely on these skills to follow a sequence of instructions for daily tasks while older children need these skills to “break a task down” into a sequence of steps and organize a timeline as the demands for independent learning increases. These skills can impact students at home, school and in social situations.

In these practical strategies seminars parents and professionals will develop a solid understanding of what the executive function skills are and how they impact a student’s academic and personal performance.

Parents will:

Develop a solid understanding of what the executive function skills are.

Learn how to promote the development of the executive function skills by weaving them naturally into everyday activities.

Learn easy to implement strategies help children initiate tasks, follow routines, transition between tasks and think in an organized way and encourage self-initiative to manage materials, homework and tasks.

Easy strategies to help students understand time demands and internally feel the sweep of time to focus and complete tasks in allotted time frames. Show students the process of how to plan and complete homework, tasks and chores with less supervision and fewer prompts.