Episode description

Join Sue for an upcoming Live Virtual Workshop where you will learn from Sue practical tips & strategies to make a difference.

In this episode, we will discuss:

✅ What is Executive Functioning: Described as the brain's "Air Traffic Control" for organizing, prioritizing, and regulating emotions.
✅ Impacts on Learning: Impaired Executive Function significantly affects students with autism, impacting their ability to learn and engage in busy environments.
✅ Emotional Control: Techniques include using sensory tools, emotion cards, and social scripts for improving behaviour and emotional regulation.
✅ Impulse Control: Redirection, prewarning about rules, and the use of social scripts to manage impulsivity.
✅ Planning & Prioritizing: Utilizing visual supports, individual planning sessions, and breaking tasks into smaller steps to enhance organization and goal achievement.
✅ Organizing: Implementing systems for organization, minimizing clutter, and using visual reminders for keeping track of items and information.
✅ Task Initiation: Partnering with peers, simplifying instructions, and employing strategies like the Traffic Light Strategy to help start tasks.
✅ Flexibility: Using timers, routines, and prewarnings to assist with transitions and changes in activities or plans.
✅ Working Memory: Incorporating visuals, modelling tasks, co-active participation, and simplifying instructions to support memory and task completion.

suelarkey.com.au/improving-executive-functioning-skills

www.facebook.com/groups/suelarkeypodcastcommunity/

suelarkey.com.au/neurodiversity-network/

www.instagram.com/sue.larkey/

elearning.suelarkey.com.au