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Sue M's List: executive functioning
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Feb 28, 10
includes academic impact of processing deficits and instructional recommendations
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- Rapid cognitive processing without higher order thinking
- Attentiveness and fluency in processing
- Basic Reading Skills
- Written Expression
- Math Calculation
- Provide extended time
- Emphasize quality over quantity in assignments
- Use flash cards and timed drills
- Teach skills to automaticity
Processing Speed
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Feb 28, 10
several links for addressing problems associates with e.f. deficits
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Feb 28, 10
scroll down to link to the PDF--near bottom of page. This article describes ADHD as affeciting critical psychological processes: e.f., memory, learning, and speed of information processing
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Tools of the Mind program
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all that play might have looked a lot like time spent doing nothing much at all, it actually helped build a critical cognitive skill called executive function. Executive function has a number of elements, such as working memory and cognitive flexibility. But perhaps the most important is self-regulation — the ability for kids to control their emotions and behavior, resist impulses, and exert self-control and discipline. Executive function — and its self-regulation element — is important. Poor executive function is associated with high dropout rates, drug use and crime. In fact, good executive function is a better predictor of success in school than a child's IQ.
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