In this episode, Darius and Erica discuss the importance of parental support for children with executive functioning problems.
General executive functioning support:
- Set an example
- Be structured and organized
- Plan for events
- Be on time
- Think aloud
- Share your own strategies
- Help your kids define and use their own strategies
- Find an executive functioning coach
How to help with working memory
- Teach memory strategies
- Teach your kids how to use their inner voice
- Do activities that strengthen visualization skills
- Make connections to what they know
- Whiteboard - lists
- Photographs
- Scaffolding - Letting them do more and more
How to help with inhibitory control
- Think aloud and share your own metacognitive approach
- Share how you regulate your own emotions
- Turning it into a game - what do you see? - What do you hear?
- Model how to pay attention
How to help with cognitive flexibility
- Show acceptance of differences
- Demonstrate shifting from task to task
- Manage transitions
- Recognize creativity
- Taking risk assessments
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