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HOW EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AFFECT OUR STUDENTā€™S SOCIAL SKILLS
Functioning {EF} skills are the skills we need to complete everyday tasks. They are like the air traffic controller of our brains, coordinating everything we do, say and think.
We need executive function skills to pursue our goals and to live independent lives. This means it's our job to find better ways to master teaching executive function skills.
WHAT ARE THE EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS?
The most commonly noted executive function skills are:
- Planning
- Organization
- Task Initiation
- Time Management
- Working Memory
- Metacognition
- Self Control
- Attention
- Flexibility
- Perseverance
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HOW AND WHY TO TEACH YOUR STUDENTS PERSEVERANCE AND RESILIENCE
Something that I hear my teacher friends (and parents) saying over and over again it, “We are expecting our students/kids to do so much more than in years past.”
Whether we are talking about in school or home/after-school activities, we really do ask our kids to do so much more than ever before. And yet, do we spend any time teaching them how to manage all of that?
We are asking our kids to do much more advanced academics and to play higher level sports, but do we spend time teaching them how to handle struggle and failure?
In my work, I feel that I am seeing more and more students breaking down because they are so uncomfortable with the learning process, with struggle, with failure, and without getting immediate gratification.
And on the other side of things, teachers are being pushed to add more and more and more to the work loads of their students, many of whom are already overwhelmed. Add to that a child who has...
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