Practical Executive Function Strategies for Kids and Families

CALM AND CONNECTED - EPISODE 176

The brain has to learn really specific skills when a child is little, like learning to pack a bag, organize themselves, tidy their room, personal hygiene, learning how to get a task done as well as learning how to finish a task too. These are all such key skills and are often learnt as a child goes through life and education and learning them well will make life easier!

In today’s episode they discuss:

  • What is executive function

  • How to get a feel of time and how long things take

  • Collect key data to show your children evidence 

  • Teaching planning backwards and narrate what you’ve got to do

  • The importance of time in society

  • Asking what a child notices and sharing an experience together

  • Keeping yourself regulated as an adult

  • Anger and this emotions role

  • How Carrie likes to rest and relax

Listen on janinehalloran.com

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