{"id":34,"date":"2017-03-31T18:51:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T18:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coaches.homeworkcoach.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2017-03-31T18:51:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T18:51:40","slug":"megans-notes-cognitive-flexibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coaches.homeworkcoach.com\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"Megan’s Notes: Cognitive Flexibility"},"content":{"rendered":"

An important area of focus for HomeworkCoach this year, in addition to advising you to help your students with homework completion, is to provide teachable methods to help strengthen students\u2019 executive function skills.<\/span>

Executive function skills are defined as:\u00a0 \u201cmental skills that are coordinated in the brain\u2019s frontal lobe.\u201d \u2013WebMD<\/span>

They include the abilities to manage time, plan, initiate activities, cognitive flexibility, inhibition, organize materials, and the use of working memory.<\/span>

I\u2019ve started working with some new students this semester, helping them strengthen their executive function skills.\u00a0 So far I\u2019ve learned a few strategies and approaches that help with specific executive dysfunctions.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>

I have one student who really struggles with cognitive flexibility, which is the ability to transition or shift from one topic or activity to another.\u00a0 He has a difficult time at the beginning of each session, but after about 10 minutes he is responsive and helpful. \u00a0<\/span>

I\u2019ve noticed that he is more willing to begin his work once he\u2019s eaten a snack or if he can snack while we work.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also learned that I cannot jump right into the session and begin working.\u00a0 If I spend about 5 to 10 minutes asking him about his day, and letting him tell me what assignments need to be completed, he opens up much quicker.<\/span>

I\u2019ve also gotten into the habit of checking his school blogs before each session so I have an idea of what needs to be completed and if there are any major assignments due during the week.<\/span>

It seems that at least for this particular student, patience is the key.\u00a0 We can\u2019t move too quickly, if we do it makes transitions very difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n

Megan Moody was one of our super homework coaches. She left us\u00a0to raise a baby.<\/em><\/pre>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An important area of focus for HomeworkCoach this year, in addition to advising you to help your students with homework completion, is to provide teachable methods to help strengthen students\u2019 executive function skills.Executive function skills are defined as:\u00a0 \u201cmental skills that are coordinated in the brain\u2019s frontal lobe.\u201d \u2013WebMDThey include the abilities to manage time, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cognitive-flexibility","category-executive-functioning-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coaches.homeworkcoach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coaches.homeworkcoach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coaches.homeworkcoach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coaches.homeworkcoach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coaches.homeworkcoach.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.coaches.homeworkcoach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coaches.homeworkcoach.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coaches.homeworkcoach.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coaches.homeworkcoach.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}