Executive Functions In Children and Teens (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

Breakthrough Learning Solutions Atlanta, GA and Anniston, AL Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. Breakthrough Learning Solutions Atlanta, GA and Anniston, AL Www.breakthroughlearningsolutions.com Loriadams12@earthlink.net 678-488-4387 (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

(C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016 cluster of cognitive skills rooted in prefrontal structures of frontal lobe, including ability to anticipate consequences, generate novel ideas and solutions, initiate appropriate actions, monitor ongoing success or failure (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

(C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016 EF is your ability to have a plan and see the big picture of your life…..The ability to have a plan or a strategy. (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

FUNDAMENTALLY a deficit in FUTURE-BASED thinking (Barkley) (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

Highly Variable Between Settings and Situations Amount of Self-Control Interpersonal Demands (social) Environment Coding Systems (Reading? Math? Signs?) (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

(C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016 Includes: Initiation Focus Sustained Effort and Attention Emotional Control/Inhibition Working Memory Planning/Organizing Analysis Social and mental flexibility (shift) (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

Do not operate in isolation of one another (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

(C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016 A New View of Behavior (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

Won’t? Or Can’t? Depends on whether cues are internal or external (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

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Cooperative Peer-Play is Critical Step in Development of EF! Planning Organizing Working memory Inhibition/self- control Flexibility (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

Co-Existing Conditions Autism Spectrum Disorders Dyslexia, Learning Challenges (may or may not be present) Mood Disorders (Depression, Bi-polar) Genetic Conditions Traumatic Brain Injuries Attention Disorders (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

(C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016 Cycle of SUCCESS (C) Lori Benson Adams, M.Ed. 2016

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