Summary Executive Function & Self-Regulation developingchild.harvard.edu
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Executive function and self-regulation skills are necessary for managing and prioritizing tasks, like an air traffic control system for the brain.
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- Executive function and self-regulation skills are mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully.
- These skills are crucial for learning, development, positive behavior, and making healthy choices.
- Executive function skills depend on working memory, mental flexibility, and self-control, which are highly interrelated.
- Children are not born with these skills but have the potential to develop them.
- Adverse environments and toxic stress can seriously delay or impair the development of executive function skills.
- Growth-promoting environments and supportive relationships are important for developing these skills.
- Providing support at home, in education programs, and other settings is a societal responsibility.
- Activities that foster creative play, social connection, coping with stress, and exercise help develop executive function skills.
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Executive function and self-regulation skills are essential for planning, focusing attention, remembering instructions, and multitasking. They are like an air traffic control system for the brain, filtering distractions and prioritizing tasks. These skills are crucial for learning, development,
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Executive function and self-regulation skills are crucial for planning, focusing attention, remembering instructions, and multitasking effectively. These skills can be compared to an air traffic control system, as they help the brain filter distractions, prioritize tasks, set goals, and
Executive function and self-regulation skills are crucial for learning, development, and positive behavior. These skills depend on working memory, mental flexibility, and self-control. Children are not born with these skills but have the potential to develop them. Adverse environments