Being able to focus effectively plays an important role in the classroom – both for students and for teachers. It’s the ability learners use to listen attentively to a lesson, write a multi-paragraph essay, or stay focused as they read a chapter in a book. When students concentrate well, it makes a difference; it helps […]
15 Executive Functioning Strategies Every Learner Should Know
Executive functioning strategies are the tools and techniques that help us begin challenging tasks, work through problems, and achieve our goals. These strategies are important for everyone no matter the age, but especially kids and young adults with growing brains. Ultimately, the right executive functioning strategies teach kids and teens how to work smarter (and […]
Integrating Executive Functioning in the Secondary Classroom
Executive functioning skills are incredibly important for middle and high school students. We all want students to be better with planning, organization, self-control, and time management. When you think about it, these abilities are the foundation of so much of what our students do, from initiating tasks to problem-solving through challenges. With all that said, […]
Executive Functioning Activities for the New Year
A new year can be a fresh start, making it the perfect time to teach, practice, and build executive functioning skills together. From goal-setting to end of the day reflections, there are countless way to strengthen skills like planning, organization, attention, and self-regulation with your learners. Most importantly, learning about executive functioning skills doesn’t have […]
Using Quotes to Build Executive Functioning Skills
Quotes can be a powerful tool to motivate and inspire students, but they can also be a strategy to work on executive functioning skills. Kids and teens have growing minds, which is all the more reason to target skills like planning, attention, self-control, organization, and flexibility. These skills are crucial for academic success and life […]
How Mindfulness Strengthens Executive Functioning Skills
Mindfulness is the practice of turning your attention inward to focus on the current moment. While mindful practices are well-known for their abilities to create calm and relaxation, mindfulness also plays a critical role in sharpening our executive functioning skills. This means that we can harness the power of mindfulness to help kids and teens […]
Integrating Executive Functioning Skills: Strategies for Teachers
Every teacher is a teacher of executive functioning skills. That’s because skills like planning, organization, attention, and time management are in everything we do. Why integrate executive functioning skills? To understand why it’s valuable to integrate executive functioning skills, it’s important to what these skills are. Executive functioning skills are the core brain-based abilities that […]
Evidence-Based Attention Strategies for Kids and Teens
In a world filled with so many distractions, we could all use a boost with strategies to help us focus and concentrate in better ways. This is especially true for kids and teens with growing minds. Attention is a foundational skill for success. It’s the ability that helps us listen attentively to learn new information, […]
Executive Functioning Tips for Back to School
When students have a strong foundation of executive functioning skills like planning, organization, and time management, it can help their school year start a lot smoother. On the other hand, when a learner struggles with these very skills, it can cause a rocky start. Just take time to imagine the student who loses all his […]
Self-Monitoring Strategies for Kids and Teens
Self-monitoring is an evidence-based strategy that can help kids and teens manage their behaviors, improve attention, and ultimately learn to meet their goals. The idea of self-monitoring is pretty simple; by paying attention to what we’re doing in the moment, we can learn to re-align our current actions with our goal. For all of us, […]
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