Lição 1
What Are Executive Functioning Skills?
Learn what executive functioning skills are and how they help you manage your mind and your life. In this session, you will learn what these skills are, what they help you do, and how they interact with each other.
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Examples Of Executive Functioning Skills In Action
The best way to understand executive functioning skills is by looking at real-life examples of how these skills work and how they help us manage every area of our minds and lives. In this session, we will look at real-life situations where these skills are in action.
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Understanding & Honoring How Your Brain Works
Your brain is beautiful and unique the way it is now. Once you understand and honor how your brain works by noticing and becoming aware of how it functions, you will then be able to accept it and find strategies to complement and improve your executive functioning skills.
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Working Memory
Working memory allows you to keep key information while performing a task. Learn how this skill works and strategies to help you complement it.
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Adaptable Thinking / Cognitive Flexibility
Adaptable thinking allows you to adjust your behavior to unexpected changes, view reality from different perspectives, brainstorm different solutions to solve a problem, and learn new things. Discover how you use your adaptable thinking and learn strategies to become more flexible.
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Metacognition
Metacognition means “thinking about how we think.” It’s the ability to be aware of our own thought processes and having an understanding of the patterns behind them. It’s our ability to reflect on what we think and do. This session will allow you space to pay attention to this specific skill and learn strategies to complement it.
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Emotional Self-Regulation
Emotional self-regulation is our ability to identify and self-regulate our emotions and how we react to them. Become aware of how you manage your emotions and learn practical strategies to complement this skill.
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Response Inhibition / Impulse Control
Impulse Control is the ability to suppress actions that do not fit the current context and would interfere with goal-driven behavior. Learn how to pay attention to this skill in your day-to-day life and strategies to complement the way you control your impulses.
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Task Initiation
Task initiation is the skill that allows you to get started doing tasks. Learn strategies to help you improve this skill so that you can overcome procrastination.
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Attention Control & Focus
Attention control is your ability to decide what you pay attention to and what you ignore, while focus is your ability to concentrate your attention on a specific task. Learn your relationship with these skills and strategies to help you control your attention and focus better.
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Time Management
Time management helps you use your time consciously, efficiently, and intentionally. Learn what your relationship with time is and strategies to complement your time management skills.
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Task Completion
Task completion is the skill that will allow you to take the required actions, with the required attention/focus, at the required time to make sure that a task is completed according to a specific standard. Learn strategies to avoid procrastination and stay motivated until your task is completed.
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Organization
Organization is the skill that helps you keep track of things physically and mentally. It also helps you create structure and systems to be able to maintain order. This session will help you notice your relationship with this skill and learn strategies to complement your organizational skills.
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Planning
Planning is the skill that will help you design and find a way to carry-out tasks to reach a specific outcome. Discover the way you use this skill and strategies that will help you plan better.
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Sequencing
Sequencing is your ability to put tasks in the right order to be able to achieve your desired outcome. Sequencing can help you create efficient systems and routines that you understand and are able to follow. Learn how you sequence and ways to complement this skill.
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Prioritizing
Prioritizing is your ability to decide what tasks or outcomes are more important and need your immediate attention. You will learn to pay attention to the way you prioritize in your day-to-day life and find deeper and more intentional strategies.
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Transitioning / Shifting
Transitioning or shifting is your ability to shift your attention intentionally from task to task allowing yourself enough buffer time to get ready physically, mentally, and emotionally. You will become aware of how you transition in your day-to-day life and you will learn practical strategies to transition with more intention.
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Recap & Strategies For Moving Forward With Your Executive Functioning Skills
This session will give you a recap of all the executive functioning skills that we covered, how to pay attention to them in your day-to-day life, and some strategies to improve them.
