The Facts
Name one skill of executive functioning.
Flexible thinking, working memory, self-monitoring, planning and prioritizing, task initiation, organization, impulse control, and emotional control.
"a person's ability to effectively manage and respond to an emotional experience"
Knowing how your brain works can help you make better choices. True or False?
True! Knowledge is power
What is self-care?
Self-care is individualized to each person and can be anything that provides them with positive feelings, and benefits them towards reaching their social/emotional/mental/behavioral health.
Name one way difficulty with time management may impact you?
leaving work for the last minute increasing stress and panic feelings.
Name one way executive functioning skills can help you at school.
Name one way you can keep your cool.
Take a break, get a drink of water, change your temperature (Go outside), count to 10, deep breathes, etc.
True or False: The brain develops from the back to front.
True- because the brain develops from back to front, the front areas are not well developed until around age 25-30.
Name one way self-care can help with executive functioning skills?
Getting enough sleep, eating well, regular physical movement, relaxation, etc. are important to executive functioning skills. For example if you have poor sleep hygiene it can impact you in many ways, including your ability to regulate your emotions and focus.
Name one way organizational challenges may impact you.
Unorganized class materials, losing homework or notes.
True or False: Executive functioning skills help us go from wanting to do a a thing to actually doing the thing.
True
Name the emotion that goes with the color of the characters from Inside Out: Red, Green, Purple, Yellow, and Blue.
Red-Anger, Green-Disgust, Purple-fear, Yellow-Joy, and Blue-Sadness
Which part of your brain is in charge of executive functioning skills?
The Prefrontal cortex in the front is not well developed yet- it is responsible for impulse control, emotional regulation, organization skills, rationalization, and reasoning.
The Limbic system is in the middle of the brain and is well developed during teen years. This is the part of the brain in charge of emotions and reward processing.
How much time per a week should you spend on self-care?
On average, people only spend 15 minutes a day on health-related self-care. according to MHA. What do you think?
Do you believe there are ways to help you with executive functioning challenges?
There are helpful ways to help you! It is important to practice positive thinking when it comes to implementing change.