Category Archives: Executive Function
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What Is Executive Function? 7 Deficits Tied to ADHD
Posted on September 30, 2019 by CoachRudy in Executive Function.By Russell Barkley, PhD What is executive function? The cognitive skills that help us plan, prioritize, and execute complex tasks are commonly tied to ADHD in children and adults. Here, ADHD authority Russell Barkley, Ph.D. explains how executive dysfunction originates in the ADD brain and what these deficits typically look like. Read the full article […]
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How to Help Teenagers Keep Track of Their Stuff
Posted on September 5, 2019 by CoachRudy in ADHD & School, ADHD Children, Teens & Students, Executive Function.By Cheryl Maguire After a meeting at my twins’ high school, I encountered a mountain of water bottles, sweatshirts, jackets, lunch totes and more in that lost and found pile. Every year, families outfit kids with new back-to-school clothes and gear. How can we help make sure our kids bring it all back from school? “It […]
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How Children and Adults Can Build Core Capabilities for Life
Posted on April 15, 2019 by CoachRudy in Executive Function.Published by Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Every day we take on the ordinary, sometimes challenging, tasks of work, school, parenting, relationships, and just managing our busy lives. How do we navigate these tasks successfully? And what can send us off course? Science offers an explanation. This 5-minute video explores the development […]
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How Do Executive Functions Affect ADHD Students?
Posted on October 23, 2018 by CoachRudy in ADHD & School, Executive Function.By Keath Low Executive functions are basically the management system of the brain. These mental functions which are thought to involve the frontal lobes of the brain help us organize and manage the many tasks in our daily life. The executive functions’ role is similar to a conductor’s role within an orchestra. The conductor manages, […]
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Your Executive Functions Are Weak. Here’s Why.
Posted on December 21, 2017 by CoachRudy in Executive Function.By ADDitude What Are Executive Functions? Up to 90 percent of kids with ADHD also also have executive function challenges, many of which last into adulthood. But, what are your executive functions, exactly? Broadly speaking, executive function refers to the cognitive or mental abilities that people need to actively pursue goals. In other words, how we behave […]
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The Mystery Of ADHD Motivation, Solved
Posted on October 31, 2017 by CoachRudy in Adult ADD/ADHD, Executive Function.By Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D. Despite the many differences among children and adults with ADHD, there is one similarity shared by virtually all of them. Although they have considerable chronic difficulty in getting organized and getting started on many tasks, focusing their attention, sustaining their efforts, and utilizing their short-term working memory, all of those […]
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7 Executive Function Deficits Tied to ADHD
Posted on September 26, 2017 by CoachRudy in Adult ADD/ADHD, Executive Function.By Russell Barkley, Ph.D There’s a lot of confusion around “executive function” — and how it relates to ADHD. Is ADHD an executive function disorder? Is every executive function disorder also ADHD? The answers hinge on what we mean by “executive functions” — and how they relate to self-regulation. The term “executive functioning” was coined […]
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Executive Function Disorder, Explained!
Posted on September 21, 2017 by CoachRudy in Adult ADD/ADHD, Executive Function.By Larry Silver, M.D. A child or an adult with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might be hyperactive, inattentive, and/or impulsive. Clinicians have always understood hyperactivity and impulsivity. The understanding of inattention, though, has shifted from primarily “the inability to stay on task” to a broader concept called executive function disorder (EFD), which involves a […]
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Adult ADHD: Don’t be impulsive
Posted on November 28, 2016 by CoachRudy in ADHD Holidays, Executive Function, Money Management & ADHD.As the year winds down and we find ourselves eating more, spending more and thinking less, adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) need to work harder to control impulsive habits. “ADHD has three basic groups of symptoms: inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity,” says Dr Rykie Liebenberg, psychiatrist and convener of the South African ADHD Special […]
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Treatments for Weak Executive Functions
Posted on November 10, 2016 by CoachRudy in Executive Function.By Janice Rodden Experts recommend a range of strategies to help strengthen the areas of weakness that executive function disorder (EFD) creates. The first method uses occupational or speech therapists, psychologists, or reading tutors to learn how to work around problem areas. Cognitive behavioral therapy, used in combination with medication to treat any coexisting conditions […]
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