Executive Functioning
🧠 Executive Functioning Support 🧠
Executive functioning is the set of mental skills that help us plan, organise, remember, and manage everyday tasks. For children and young people, these skills are key to learning, independence, and confidence at school and home.
✨ What are executive functioning skills?
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🗂️ Organisation – keeping track of belongings, planning homework or projects
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⏰ Time management – understanding how long tasks take, meeting deadlines
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🧾 Working memory – holding information in mind while following instructions
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🔄 Flexibility – coping with changes and finding new ways to solve problems
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🎯 Self-control – managing impulses, emotions, and attention
👩🏫 How schools can help
Teachers and our Inclusion Leader can provide strategies such as:
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Visual timetables 📅
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Step-by-step instructions ✅
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Checklists and planners 📝
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Chunking tasks into smaller steps 🔍
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Movement breaks 🏃
🏡 How families can help at home
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Create consistent routines ⏳
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Use calendars, whiteboards, or apps to plan the week 📱
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Encourage “to-do” lists and tick them off together ✔️
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Give praise and celebrate small successes 🌟
📘 More resources
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Young Minds – Helping with concentration and organisation
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ADDitude – Executive functioning strategies
🤝 Need further support?
You can always speak to your child’s class teacher or our Inclusion Leader, Mrs Butcher, for personalised advice.