Executive Function Coaching
Are you having difficulty with any of these?
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Starting or completing tasks you set out to do
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Staying organized
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Staying of track with projects
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Maintaining attention
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According to the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, “executive functioning skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully.”
In school and life, executive functioning (EF) skills allow us to set goals, establish plans to reach those goals and then carry out those plans. People with EF deficits have difficulty in one or more of the following areas:
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Planning and Prioritization: The ability to see the big picture and to develop a set of steps to accomplish goals.
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Organization: Create and maintain systems for keeping track of things and information.
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Time Management: Estimate how much time is available, how to track it and how to stay within timed limits.
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Memory: Hold multiple pieces of information in the brain while performing tasks.
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Self Reflection: Reflect on successes and failures and take note of oneself in a given situation.
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Paying Attention: Attend to a task in spite of boredom, distractions, or fatigue.
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Staying on Track: Push through to the completion of a goal and not be put off by difficulties or competing interests.
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Self Control: Manage emotions & impulses in order to achieve goals, complete tasks and direct behavior.
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Getting Started: Begin a task without excessive procrastination.
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Cognitive Flexibility & Problem Solving: Adjust an approach in response to new information, setbacks, obstacles or mistakes.
Identifying a person’s particular needs, will enable the therapist to target the development of the specific skills that will lead to success in school, work, and all areas of life.