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Executive Functioning IEP Goals for ADHD

Developing effective Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals for students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is crucial to harness their academic and social potentials. Learn more about the specific area of executive functioning IEP goals for ADHD. Educators, parents, and specialists can get ideas about measurable and impactful objectives that cater to individual needs. Executive […]

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Exercise, ADHD Symptoms and Executive Functions

ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder among children and adolescents. It has three types based on symptoms: predominantly inattentive (ADHD-I), predominantly hyperactive-impulsive (ADHD-HI), and combined (ADHD-C). About 5% to 10% of adolescents are affected, with boys being twice as likely as girls to have ADHD. Approximately half of these […]

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Math and Executive Function Skills

Mathematics, with its intricate problems and abstract concepts, can be a challenge for many students. However, success in math isn’t solely about numbers and formulas; it’s also intimately linked with a to cognitive skills known as math and executive functions. Math and executive function refer to the mental skills that help with working memory, managing […]

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List of Executive Functions

Are you looking for ways to help your students with their executive functions, so they can optimize their learning and growth? Executive function skills are critical in the classroom; they allow students to plan, prioritize, pay attention and adapt to changing situations. As a teacher, it’s important that you understand these skills and how you […]

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Executive Functioning Occupational Therapy

Children with executive functioning deficits often have trouble with tasks that require planning, organization, and self-regulation. These skills are important for academic success and for everyday living. Executive functioning and occupational therapy interventions can help students develop the skills they need to succeed in school and in life. Awareness of executive functioning and its link […]

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Executive Functions and Chores for Kids

As parents and educators, we know how important it is for children to develop a sense of responsibility. Encouraging children to complete chores can help to achieve that goal. Did you know that improvements were observed in executive functions following chores for kids? Chore engagement might improve executive functions, like planning and self-regulation. This is […]

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Executive Functioning IEP Goals

Executive functioning is a set of mental processes that help you gain control over your actions so you can achieve your goals. Executive function skills allow us to plan and organize our daily activities, time, and behaviors as well as change or shift between tasks. Executive functioning abilities are sometimes referred to as executive skills, […]

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Executive Functioning in Preschool – How to Help

Do you work with preschoolers? If you do, you know how important executive functions skills are for success in the classroom. At this young age, children are working very hard to develop skills such as inhibition, working memory skills, and more. Recent research took a closer look at how you can help develop executive functioning […]

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Benefits of Recess and Executive Function Skills

Do your students have daily recess? Does your school promote longer recess periods? Research shows us that there are many benefits to recess. It can even help with executive function skills. Executive function skills include planning, organization, working memory, initiation, task monitoring, self-monitoring, inhibition, emotional control, and shifting/flexibility. Wow! Those are lot of super important […]

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Sensory Processing and Executive Function Skills

Do you wonder if sensory processing and executive function skills are related? Is there an association between the two? Sensory processing is receiving sensory input, organizing the input, and formulating a plan of action or response based on that input. Executive function skills include planning, organization, working memory, initiation, task monitoring, self-monitoring, inhibition, emotional control, […]