Keys
to Learning - Executive Functioning SkillsAs parents and educators, our goal is to help students develop independent learning skills, so they can grow to become positive and productive adults. An essential component of this growth is the development of Executive Functioning skills – skills found in the “command” center of the brain, which helps us:
• Plan and organize
• Exert self-control
• Initiate and carry out purposeful activities
• Exhibit emotional adjustment
This
parent/educator group is designed to discuss Executive Functioning theory and
strategies to help children utilize these skills to grow intellectually and
emotionally. Sessions will address the
following topics:
• Executive Functioning – What is it?
• Skill Strategies – Task Initiation; Focus, Working
Memory, Time Management
• Skill Strategies - Flexibility; Self-Regulation;
Emotional Control