The Executive Functioning System (Part 1) - The Air Traffic Control Centre of the Brain

Our executive functioning system is a set of cognitive processes that allow us to independently engage and interact in our world and, for our school aged kids, in the classroom.  Key Take Aways A quick discussion of Monotropism. Exploration of the Executive Functioning System as a set of cognitive processes. Introduction to three core processes: Working Memory, Flexibility, and Impulse Control. Six of the key executive functioning skills: Time Management, Task Initiation, Emotional Regulation, Organisation, Planning, and Self-Reflection. Impact of cognitive and sensory inputs on executive functioning performance. Examples of how different executive functioning challenges might manifest in students’ classroom behaviors. Prefrontal cortex development and its role in executive functioning. Neurodivergent students' unique executive functioning challenges. Emphasis on understanding, connection, and collaboration over traditional behaviour management strategies. The week's Recommendations Dr Ross Green's Lives in the Balance Website Harvard's Centre for the Developing Child Executive Functioning Resources Tera Sumpter’s book The Seeds of Learning: A Cognitive Processing Model for Speech, Language, Literacy, and Executive Functioning. See this podcast in pretty pictures by following Nat on instagram - @the_audhd_speechie Learn more about what Nat does by checking out her website - www.gospeechpathology.com.au