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Lesson Summary
Lesson Summary
This lesson introduces executive function and self-regulation and their relationship to child development.
Key Understandings
Key Understandings
Parents understand how executive function and self-regulation influence child development and behavior.
Parents understand how they can facilitate the development of executive function and self-regulation skills at home.
BEFORE: Engage in Learning
BEFORE: Engage in Learning
What is Executive Function?
What is Executive Function?
Executive Function: Skills for Life and Learning
Executive Function: Skills for Life and Learning
This is a video explaining executive function. It is part of a series of videos that explains how these lifelong skills develop, what can disrupt their development, and how supporting them pays off in school and life.
As you watch the video, reflection on the following:
How do you or your child respond to changes in activities and or daily routines?
DURING: Explore new concepts
DURING: Explore new concepts
Executive function and self-regulation are the skills we need to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. Read the document below to learn more about executive function.
Executive function and self-regulation are the skills we need to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. Read the document below to learn more about executive function.
Executive Function Infographic.pdfExecutive function and self-regulation skills depend on three types of brain function: working memory, cognitive/mental flexibility, and self/inhibitory-control.
Working memory is the ability to hold information in your mind and use it.
Mental or Cognitive (brain) flexibility is the capacity to switch gears and adjust to changing demands, instructions and priorities.
Self or Inhibitory control is the ability to master thoughts and impulses so as to resist temptations, distractions, and habits, and to pause and think before acting.
Children are not born with these skills—they are born with the potential to develop them. Some children may need more support than others to develop these skills.
AFTER: Extend your learning
AFTER: Extend your learning
You, as a parent, can support your child at home to develop and build these skills.
You, as a parent, can support your child at home to develop and build these skills.
Review the activities in the document below that support building these skills.
Choose two activities you would like to try with your child.
Enhancing-and-Practicing-Executive-Function-Skills.pdfExit Ticket: Final Reflection
Exit Ticket: Final Reflection
Today you learned about Executive Function and Self-Regulation. Reflect on the questions below:
What is 1 thing you learned about executive function and self-regulation.
What is 1 thing you will try based on what you learned in this lesson?
What is 1 question you still have about executive function and self-regulation?
Share your reflection with the other participants in your local program.
Check for Understanding: Unit 3 Assessment
Check for Understanding: Unit 3 Assessment
At the end of every unit of instruction, you will take a few minutes to answer a couple of questions that will check your understanding on the lessons you have completed.
You have completed three lessons in Unit 3:
Lesson 3.1: Responsive Parenting
Lesson 3.2: Attachment and Bonding
Lesson 3.3: Executive Function and Self-Regulation
Your instructor will share a link with the 2-3 questions you will answer.
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