Understanding and Supporting Executive Functioning Difficulties

Evidence Base: Children and young people with Autism and/or ADHD can have severe difficulties with Executive Functioning. The development of executive functioning skills can enable a child to better understand their neurodiversity and develop strategies to learn more effectively, achieve their potential, enhance emotional resilience and increase their independence.

Objective: Parents and carers understand what Executive Functioning is and can help to improve and support their child or young person’s Executive Functioning skills.

Workshop Content:

• What is Executive Functioning?
• What does it look like - Organising, planning & prioritising
• Regulating emotions
• Routines

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand what Executive Functioning is
• Explore different aspects of learning, organising, planning and prioritising affected by executive functions
• Explore and understand the link between Executive Functions and emotions
• Learn strategies and approaches to support their child to improve their Executive Functioning skills

The session incorporates research from developmental psychology and includes case studies.