All youth need to develop a set of core life skills to manage school, work, outside interests, and social relationships successfully. From the perspective of brain development,
Tag: executive functioning
Brain-Building Through Play
Through games and playful activities, children can practice and strengthen important executive function skills that will help them throughout their lives, including learning to focus their attention,
Executive Functioning and Adolescents with FASDs
Adolescents affected by prenatal exposure to alcohol, including those with a diagnosis within Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs), may have intact cognitive functioning. But, they
Association between Parent-Reported Executive Functions and Self-Reported Emotional Problems among Adolescent Offspring of Fathers with Alcohol Dependence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neurosci Rural PractDOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1745820 https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0042-1745820.pdf Abstract Objectives To compare the executive functions in adolescents of fathers with alcohol dependence (AOFADs) with
Resource: Get Ready, Do, Done
Executive Function is a set of mental skills and it includes the ability to plan and organize materials and complete tasks. Kristen Jacobsen (M.S., CCC/SLP)
Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence
Executive function and self-regulation (EF/SR) skills provide critical supports for learning and development, and while we aren’t born with these skills, we are born with the