Executive Functioning Skills in Children/Adults: Part Two
Executive Functioning skills comprise of key processes to enable us all towards independent, purposeful, goal-directed behavior. These skills are the foundation for life-long functioning. Many individuals with neurodiversity, and diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder and/or attention deficit disorder, for example, experience difficulties with these skills. It is vital for us to support and teach these essential skills, starting at a young age, to build skills and the fluency of those skills, for clients to lead lives as independently as possible. It will provide participants with an in-depth understanding of Executive Functioning skills, and how to support the learning of those skills across the years.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understanding what Executive Function is, and what Executive Functioning Skills represent
2. Understanding why Executive Functioning Skills are considered primary functions
3. Gaining a deeper meaning for what Dysfunction looks like
4. Learning what assessments/tools exist for us to assess these skills
5. Understanding key successful strategies for intervention