Executive Functioning Workbook for Kids

 

Having a child with Executive Function Disorder can be extremely challenging for both parents and children. The Executive Functioning Workbook for Kids is an illustrated workbook that helps your child develop self-control, handle their emotions, and manage their time at school and at home. Children who have executive dysfunction often struggle to organize material, regulate emotions, set schedules, and accomplish tasks. A person's executive functioning involves seven major elements: initiating tasks, completing tasks, controlling impulses, focusing, time management, memory, flexibility, understanding and managing emotions, planning, and goal-setting. In total, there are thirty-seven activities for your child to complete. There are five groups of activities: Getting to Know Yourself, At School, At Home/After School, Household Chores, and Activities and Playtime. 

Taking a closer look at myself is the focus of Activity 1. Children are asked to choose their favorite activity or hobby for this activity. What do you enjoy about it? This question is answered by them. In the next step, they are to consider their biggest challenges. It may be controlling their emotions, focusing on school work, or staying organized. Identifying these challenges will allow your child to work on improving them. In the next step, they answer the question of what challenges them most. Activity 1 ends with thinking about your uniqueness and what makes you special. 

As its objective, Activity 7 entitled Affirmations aims to foster a positive outlook. In this example, an important school history test is being feared. Our outlook can be changed to a more positive one using affirmations. A page of affirmations in fun shapes and colors is included. The affirmations can be downloaded using the QR code on page 4 if your child does not wish to cut anything out of their workbook. I will list a few of the affirmations on the page. Mistakes help me learn and grow. I am in charge of my thoughts and emotions. Challenges make me stronger. 

In Activity 16, titled Action Plan, the child learns how to create an action plan and break tasks down into manageable steps. Due to a large project your teacher is teaching you how to create an action plan. They began by listing all the tasks that needed to be completed. Prioritizing them based on urgency and deadline was the next step. As a final step, a timeline was established for the completion of each task. A notebook-style page is then given to the child where they are asked to think of a task they need to complete soon. The students are asked to complete an action plan. This notebook paper comes with an outline your child just needs to complete. A tool like this is so valuable. All of the activities in this workbook are exceptional. Ages 8 and older are recommended for the workbook. Pages with muted colors and some basic drawings are included. A child who is easily distracted by vibrant colors and detailed pictures is definitely going to benefit from this.

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