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 What is Executive Functioning?
➢ Executive Functioning is the “command and control”
function of all cognitive skills.
➢ The foundation of life tasks start with executive
functioning.
➢ Your executive functioning skills have the ability to
change over time.
➢ Knowing your strengths and weakness allows you to
be more self-aware.
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 Time to Interact!
● Has there ever been a time when
you were not able to regulate your
emotions?

Speak with the person sitting next to you and

share the experience.
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 Authors Cooper-Kahn and Deitzel refer to executive
functioning as:

“The executive functions are a set of processes

that all have to do with managing oneself and
one’s resources in order to achieve a goal. It is
an umbrella term for the neurologically-based
skills involving mental control and
self-regulation.”
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 Branches of Executive Function
➢ Inhibition
➢ Shift
➢ Emotional Control
➢ Initiation
➢ Working Memory
➢ Planning & Organization
➢ Organization of Materials and Tasks
➢ Self Monitoring
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 Planning & Organization
Today’s Focus
Self Monitoring
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 What is Planning and Organization?
➢ Allow you to complete a set of tasks in an efficient
amount of time.
➢ Allow students to take control of their education.
➢ Prioritizing and organizing a workload allows for
effective time management.
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 Organizational Skills
How are they useful?

➢ Logical and easy access to materials

➢ Less time needed to search for items
○ More time for planning and time
management
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 Planning Skills
How are they useful?

➢ Eased anxiety about the future

➢ Identify strengths and weaknesses
○ When is the best time to study for me?
○ Should I take the extra class?
➢ Increases efficiency
➢ Helps you reach your goals
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 Time to Interact!
● Which planning and organizational
strategies do you use in school?

Speak with the person sitting next to you and

share the experience.
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 Planning & Organizational Skills
EXAMPLES

➢ Make and update a calendar

➢ Follow a daily agenda
➢ Write assignments in a planner
➢ Organize and clean lockers weekly
➢ Break projects down into smaller chunks
➢ Bring necessary supplies to class
➢ Use checklists to track activities
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 CREATE A WEEKLY PLANNER!
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

9:00 - 9:50 GYM CLASS CLASS CLASS CLASS CLASS GYM

9:50- 10:45 HOMEWORK HOMEWORK CLASS HOMEWORK CLASS HOMEWORK HOMEWORK

10:45-11:45 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH

11:45-12:30 ✔ Free time ✔ Free time ✔ Free time ✔ Free time ✔ Free time ✔ Free time ✔ Free time

12:30-2:00 WORK CLASS HOMEWORK CLASS HOMEWORK CLASS WORK

2:00-3:00 WORK SPORTS CLASS SPORTS CLASS SPORTS WORK

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3:00-4:30 WORK CLASS CLASS CLASS WORK
MEETING MEETING
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 Real World Examples:
Planning
➢ Doctors’ offices use schedules to
effectively plan appointments
throughout the day to guarantee
that all patients scheduled will be
seen that day.
➢ Students use time management
skills by planning to study each day
for 15 minutes for their exam at
the end of the week.
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Organization
➢ Firefighters have all of their
materials organized and easily
accessible on the firetrucks so
they always have them when
they need them.
➢ Librarians organize books
alphabetically, so people know
where to find the specific book
they are looking for.
 Self-Monitoring
This is a skill that requires us to assess our behavior. We self-monitor
to make sure that our behavior is appropriate for the situations we
encounter. You might keep a record of your communication with others,
your performance on homework assignments, or your attention span.

Self-monitoring has many benefits:

● Increases student awareness about their own emotions, attitudes,
and behaviors
● Encourages positive communication with parents, teachers, and
friends
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● Facilitates good self-evaluation habits

 Self-Monitoring
Strategies

- Reminders on
- Checklist technology (ipad or - Self-evaluation
mobile device)
- Self-management - Self monitoring cards
Plan - MotivAider device (or
mobile phone)
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 Identify your A way to Set a Schedule
Behavior record data

What Does ●
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Health
Mood
Mentally noting
these behaviors is
one way to increase
Set a schedule where
you check in with
yourself and write
down your measures
● Exercise,

It Look
awareness, but for that time period.
● Eating habits writing them down This might involve
● Social activities can also be useful on writing it down after a
a piece of paper or on specific activity or at

Like? a mobile device app regular intervals

throughout the day
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 Time to Interact!
● How have you self-monitored
your academics?

Speak with the person sitting next to you and

share the experience.
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Example 1
Track athletes have to run
a certain number of miles
a day. They can write down
how many miles they ran,
Monday-Friday and note
their times for each mile.
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Real-World Examples
Example 2
When doing a math problem,
and you get the wrong
answer, you check your work,
identify your mistakes that
you made when solving, and
try again.
Example 3
A student is falling asleep everyday
during 2nd period. The student starts
logging what time they go to bed and
realize they are up until 2am every
night playing games. The student sets
an alarm every night for 10pm so he
knows it’s time to go to bed.
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