Building Executive Function Skills in Students
Explore the importance of executive function skills for school performance and adjustment, along with building a tool kit of EF strategies that can support you and your students.
Meet Your Instructor
Course Goals
Course Flow
Guiding Questions
Research References
Learning Log
Introduction to executive function skills
Which executive function skills are critical to school success?
What is your executive function skills profile?
Where in the brain are executive function skills located?
What are the brain processes that impact executive function skill development?
How does the brain change over time?
Learning Log Reflection: What? So What? Now What?
Online Interaction
Five As Protocol
Response Inhibition
Working Memory
Emotional Control
Flexibility
Sustained Attention
Task Initiation
Planning/Prioritizing
Time Management
Organization
Goal-Directed Persistence
Metacognition
Go Deeper : Dropbox Resources
Learning Log Reflection: What? So What? Now What?
Five As Protocol
Steps One and Two - Familiarize and Apply EF Skill Terminology to Student Learning and Behaviour
Step Three - Introduce EF Vocabulary and Concepts to Students
Step Four and Five - Illuminate and Connect EF Skills in Students' Lives
Learning Log Reflection: What? So What? Now What?
Online Interaction
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