Definitions
The ability to manage feelings so that you can be productive and successful.
What is Emotional Control?
The ability to create a roadmap to reach a goal or to complete a task. Making decisions about what is important and what is not.
What is planning and prioritizing?
Remembering what you have to get at the grocery store.
What is an example of working memory?
Sitting somewhere else in the room when the spot you want is taken. Trying a different way of solving a math problem. Agreeing to someone else's idea for a game at recess.
What are some examples of flexibility?
Try to write the first sentence within the first minute.
What is a strategy for task initiation?
Being able to see many sides of a situation or idea. Being able to change or adapt.
What is Flexibility?
Paying attention even if you're tired or bored.
What is sustained attention?
Noticing that you're making the same mistake.
What is an example of metacognition?
Staying calm and cool even when someone is saying or doing something that is making you mad.
What is an example of emotional control?
Take a deep breath and say how you are feeling and why in a calm voice.
What is a strategy for emotional control?
Following through to the completion of your goal without being distracted by competing interests.
What is goal-directed persistence?
The ability to begin projects or tasks in a timely fashion.
What is task initiation?
Listening to a long list of your teachers instructions.
What is an example of sustained attention?
Doing your reading homework on Monday and Wednesday because you have other things to do the other nights of the week.
What is an example of planning and prioritizing?
Make an effort to try new things at least once.
What is a strategy for flexibility?
Noticing how you're doing and thinking about your thinking.
What is metacognition?
The ability to estimate how much time you have, how to use it, and how to stay within time limits. It involves a sense that time is important.
What is time management?
Keeping your notes in the right section of your binder.
What is an example of organization?
Starting the math worksheet as soon as your teacher hands it to you.
What is an example of task initiation?
Remove everything from the top of your desk and make eye contact with the speaker.
What is a strategy for sustained attention?
Thinking before you act. To resist the urge to say or do things.
What is response inhibition?
Holding information in memory while performing complex tasks.
What is working memory?
Not sliding on the floor in the gym because you know it's not safe, even though you reeeeeaaaally want to.
What is an example of response inhibition?
Solving the math puzzle/riddle after 30 minutes of thinking and trying different solutions.
What is an example of goal directed persistence?
Always pick up at least 5 things and put them away before moving on to the next activity.
What is a strategy for organization?