Executive Function Challenges

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  1. 5. Low interest level affects how the _______works
  2. 7. Avoiding nagging or arguing about your child doing the task can help keep ___________ out of it.
  3. 10. Kids don’t have voluntary control of the release of certain brain ___________.
  4. 12. Problems with cognitive functioning may affect how well a child can follow ___________ and sequence tasks.
  5. 16. Kids with executive function challenges may have difficulty starting tasks due to lack of task ___________.
  6. 17. Many students with executive function challenges have trouble with ________
  7. 18. impulses, What does the brain use to carry messages from one neuron to another?
  8. 19. Knowing why a child has trouble starting certain tasks can help reduce frustration for ___________ of you.
  9. 20. _________failure makes it hard to try again.
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  1. 1. memory, This lets us hold one thing in mind while working on another
  2. 2. Kids often avoid starting tasks if they think the experience or the outcome will be ___________.
  3. 3. Kids with ADHD may have a hard time firing up energy for tasks due to low ___________ level.
  4. 4. Problems with attention and working memory can also ___________ in difficulty starting tasks.
  5. 6. Kids with weak working memory skills find it hard to keep ___________ rewards or possible longer-term consequences in mind.
  6. 8. Problems with emotion regulation can contribute to difficulty ___________ tasks.
  7. 9. What is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  8. 11. Task need to be ______ interesting for students with executive fuction challenges
  9. 13. Trouble with inhibitory ___________ can contribute to difficulty starting tasks.
  10. 14. Providing an incentive when there isn’t a natural one can help encourage a child to get started on a task; for example, bringing over a ___________.
  11. 15. It can help to empathize and tell your child you understand the task is ___________ or not interesting.