Executive Functioning Skills in the Virtual World

Join Matt, Erin, and me as we discuss Executive Functioning Skill challenges our students may be facing during this time of virtual teaching and learning. Executive Functioning Skills are the brain-based skills required for humans to execute or perform tasks (P. Dawson, R. Guare). These skills include, planning, organization, time management, emotional control and many others. Is it any wonder some of our students are having a hard time? We discuss these skills and challenges in some detail and suggest strategies we are using to help support our students. But it seems the discussion has just begun. Please take a listen and send us your ideas and strategies for support. Resources Hyperdocs video Frontline video: Inside the Teenage Brain The Science of the Teenage Brain- Fresh Air Podcast Pomodoro technique Understanding and Overcoming Procrastination article and PDF from Princeton Causes and Cures in the Classroom By: Margaret Searle (Text) Center on the Developing Child, Harvard (Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation) The Five Minute Journal - intelligent change The Five Minute Journal app - intelligent change Smart But Scattered- Peg Dawson, Richard Guare