Executive Function Pla

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Name:​​ Executive Function​​ Plan

SKU:​​ EFSTGOT

Solution Plan:

​​ Executive function and self-regulation skills are the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully.

Working memory​​ — The ability to hold information in mind and use correctly

Inhibitory control​​ — The ability to master thoughts and impulses to resist temptations, distractions, and habits, and to pause and think before acting out​​ 

Cognitive flexibility​​ — The capacity to switch gears and adjust to changing demands, priorities, or perspective

• Have trouble starting and/or completing tasks

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  Have difficulty prioritizing tasks

• Forget what they’ve just heard or read

• Have trouble following directions or​​ sequence of steps​​ 

• Panic when rules or routines change

• Have trouble switching focus from one task to another

• Get overly emotional and​​ fixating on things

• Have trouble organizing thoughts

• Have trouble keeping track of belongings

• Not be able to​​ manage time​​ 

Fun Solutions:​​ 

• Brainteasers​​ games​​ – perseverance and flexibility​​ 

• Chess-​​ planning, flexibility and working memory​​ 

• Soduku​​ – perseverance and working memory​​ 

• Jenga-​​ self-control, flexibility, planning

• Pictionary​​ -flexibility, time management

• Scrabble- Planning and organization

• Blurt-self-control and metacognition (awareness of your own thought process)

• Distraction card game- working memory and attention​​ 

• Checkers -​​ planning, flexibility and working memory

• Battleship-​​ planning, flexibility and working memory

And More…….​​ 

• Other Card Games- Old Maid, Go Fish, Crazy Eight, Uno​​ 

• Puzzles​​ 

• Following Multi-Step Directions

• Stating Steps​​ back while playing​​ Hopscotch​​ 

Required Materials:​​ 

1.Chess

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2.Soduku

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3.Jenga

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4.Pictionary

Link: Kids- ​​ https://amzn.to/2L8Qit6​​ 

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ Adults:​​ https://amzn.to/2zcMfJD​​ 

5.Scrabble

Link:​​ https://amzn.to/2SJQQd7​​ 

6.Blurt

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7.Cards

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8.Checkers

Links:​​ https://amzn.to/2WbAe0c​​ 

9.Battleship

Link:​​ https://amzn.to/2xHor01​​ 

10.Puzzles​​ 

Link: Kids:​​ https://amzn.to/2L3RlL0​​ 

 ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​ ​​​​ Adults:​​ https://amzn.to/2yzS57Y​​