#26: Parental Support When Kids have EF Problems

Executive Function Brain Trainer Podcast

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

Links:

• Sessions with Erica: www.learningtolearn.biz
• Sessions with Darius: www.dyslexiawork.com
• Erica’s Executive Functioning and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies
• Nonviolent communication: https://amzn.to/3PFdBul
• Jordon Peterson: https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/
• BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/
• Learning Specialist Courses:https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies
• Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/
• Working Memory: https://tinyurl.com/working-memory
• Dyslexia at Work: www.dyslexiawork.com

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