Melt-down. Tantrum. Challenging behavior. Whatever you call it, at its core is the lack of skills needed to navigate emotional upset and/or disregulation. Self-Regulation is one of those all important executive function skills. It is "the ability to manage emotional upset and behavior", and a skill set that is particularly difficult to learn for children with language/communication disorders.
Have you ever gotten "lost" in the depths of Pinterest for longer than you care to admit? Task management, an important executive function skill, is all about understanding the passage of time. It is understanding that everything we do takes time; learning how to estimate how long a task or activity will take; recognizing that if...
behavior, executive function, time | in Language If you follow me on Facebook and/or Twitter, you may have noticed I've had executive functioning on the brain. Here's why: Executive Function Skills in Children and Adolescents: Assessment and Treatment by Sarah Ward, MS, CCC-SLP I have had this self-study professional development course sitting in my to-do pile...
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