Build Your Child's Executive Function - Sarah Ward

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PARENTS: What is a bigger challenge for your child: getting started or completing a task?

[@dilyswong8159]

completing task

[@wem-c9f]

May I know where can I find the article written by Jessica on Helping anxious students move forward?

[@LDExpert]

Hello! Here is the article by Jessica Minahan called "Helping Anxious Students Move Forward": jessicaminahan.com/wp-content/uploads/Helping-Anxious-Students-Move-Forward-Red-Work-Avoidance-Minahan_EL_1218.pdf

[@wem-c9f]

@@LDExpert Thank you very much!

[@rosepetals217]

Very informative. What can be done with children on autism spectrum and non verbal.

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If you refer to our Learning Skills Continuum (www.stowellcenter.com/continuum), you'll see that there are some underlying skills that support Executive Function. Many of these skills can be impacted for a child with an ASD diagnosis (sensory processing, retained primitive reflexes, language processing, auditory processing, etc.). When these skills are developed, a child is better able to then access and develop higher-level skills, like Executive Functioning. Sarah's strategies are more appropriate for kids who already have some of these skills in place, so for non-verbal students, we recommend a lot of rehearsal, routines, and visual cues to help with gaining independence. Piggybacking on one of Sarah Ward's methods, you might try adjusting the techniques using picture cards. For example, instead of asking your child to be a table setter, you might walk your child through setting the table and then take a picture of them being a "table setter." Label the picture and show it to the child along with saying, "It's time to be a table setter."

[@rosepetals217]

@@LDExpert thank you so much.

[@dilyswong8159]

time blindness , missing the obvious, staying on task, just a lost sheep most time.

[@LDExpert]

Hopefully some of the strategies that Sarah Ward shared in this video were helpful! If you have other questions or want more information about executive functioning challenges, please don't hesitate to reach out to us on our website at www.stowellcenter.com