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dawnzy58 What You Should Know About Executive Function:
"Executive Function" is a term used to describe a set of mental processes that helps us connect past experience with present action. Executive function allows us to:
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Make plans
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Keep track of time
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Keep track of more than one thing at once
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Meaningfully include past knowledge in discussions
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Engage in group dynamics
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Evaluate ideas
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Reflect on our work
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Change our minds and make mid-course and corrections while thinking, reading and writing
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Finish work on time
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Ask for help
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Wait to speak until we're called on
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Week more information when we need it.
There is no single test or even battery of tests that identifies all of the different features of executive function. However, educators, psychologists, speech-language pathologists and others use an assortment of tests to identify problems.
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