Children who spend time participating in less-structured activities have better goal-setting abilities and an easier time meeting those goals without prompting from adults, a new University of ...

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Technology and smartphone apps allow students to bring executive functioning tools with them into their classrooms for developing better EF skills. According to LD Online, the formal definition of ...

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Semi-structured block play among preschool-age children has the potential to improve two skills – mathematics and executive functioning – critical to kindergarten readiness, ...

An exasperated juvenile court judge from Texas contacted me this past week. She is becoming worn down by the parade of adolescents coming before her bench who "just don't seem to get it. They're ...

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found that children on the autism spectrum who have impaired executive functioning skills, which help control thoughts, emotions, and ...

As a child and teen psychotherapist, I have seen an influx of parents telling me that their child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In this post, I would like to delve into ADHD, ...