Module Four: Executive Function Strategies
Lesson One: Introduction to EF Strategies
In Lesson One of this module you will consider how the nervous system is organized to answer questions such as What? When? Who? and Why? and how you can support these executive functions to stay on track with the things you decide to do!
Lesson Two: Organize Your Space to Organize Your Mind
In Lesson Two of Executive Function Strategies you will consider the organizational challenges associated with executive function, assess whether your environment is supporting or sabotaging you and explore strategies for organizing your space.
Lesson Three: Driven to Distraction
Please note this video is longer. You may wish to divide this into two or three sessions following the three topics below:
In Lesson Three of Executive Function Strategies you will explore how your sensory environment impacts attention, consider how thoughts and emotions impact attention, and consider lifestyle strategies that support attention.
Lesson Four: Travel Through Time
In Lesson Four of Executive Function Strategies you will explore the concept of “time blindness”, consider strategies for time management, and participate in activities designed to improve your awareness and use of time.
Lesson Five: The Best Laid Plans
5.1 Lagging EF Skills and Planning
In part one of our series on planning you will explore how a number of executive function skills contribute to planning challenges and consider your own strengths and weaknesses when making plans and taking action to meet your goals.
Lesson Five: The Best Laid Plans
5.2 Visualization and Planning
In Part Two of our planning series we will explore how the power to visualize a future outcome and the steps it will take to achieve it contributes to our planning skills. We will explore strategies for developing these skills and breaking our goals and plans down into achievable steps.
Lesson Five: The Best Laid Plans
5.3 Planning and Time Management
In Part Three of our planning series we will explore in more detail how to manage your time and plan multistep tasks using a calendar.
Lesson Five: The Best Laid Plans
5.4 Managing Mental Clutter
In part four of our planning series we will explore how to manage overwhelm and mental clutter by "brain dumping", prioritizing, and creating short manageable to do lists.
