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Category: Executive Function

Executive Functioning Skills, most simply put, refers to a set of cognitive skills needed to complete a task or solve a problem. They are essential for success in academics and beyond. Explore resources created by a team of Educational Therapists and Specialists on topics relating to executive function and how to support students with executive functioning challenges.

Homework Management Tips (Infographic)

Homework is often thought of as a chore and can be considered less desirable than school. Effective homework management can make this task feel less grueling for the child and parent.

5 Tips for Homework Management

Homework is often thought of as a chore and can be considered less desirable than school. Effective homework management can make this task feel less grueling for the child and parent.

Metacognition: What Is It And How To Support It? (video)

Metacognition is the ability to reflect on your thought process and its corresponding feelings and behaviors. It's also learning about how we learn!

Metacognition: What is it and how to support it?

Metacognition is the ability to reflect on your thought process and its corresponding feelings and behaviors. In simpler terms, it’s how we think about thinking! It's also how we learn about how we learn most effectively.

5 Ways to Foster Executive Functioning Skills (Early Years)

Executive Functioning skills are pertinent to lifelong learning and success and should be practiced from an early age. Here are some tips on how to foster your child’s EF skills from Kindergarten and on!

What is Working Memory? (Infographic)

Working memory refers to how our brain temporarily stores and manipulates information in order to complete a task. It works closely with other executive functioning skills like planning, adaptive thinking, and sustained attention.

What is working memory and how do you improve it?

Working memory refers to how our brain temporarily stores and manipulates information in order to complete a task. It works closely with other executive functioning skills like planning, adaptive thinking, and sustained attention.

A Day in the Life of a Student with Executive Functioning Challenges (video)

Understanding the day to day struggles of a student with executive functioning challenges is an important part of overcoming the hurdles that inhibit a student’s ability to thrive and become an independent learner.

What is Social Pragmatic Skill Instruction?

Social pragmatics, also known as social communication refers to how children use language in social situations

What is Feuerstein’s Instrumental Enrichment

Reading decoding is the skill used to “sound out” unfamiliar words to make meaning of letter-sound relationships.

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