Executive Functioning Skills

Executive Functions necessary to execute tasks include the following:

• Attention-avoid distractions and concentrate

• Emotional Regulation- control and manage emotions

• Flexibility- adjust behavior to meet circumstances

• Inhibitory Control- control behavior impulses

• Initiation- skills to begin a task

• Organization- manage a task or multiple tasks

• Planning- develop and implement strategies to complete tasks

• Self-Monitoring- self-evaluate to determine if one's approach is working

• Working Memory- keep information in mind