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Executive functioning in school
School asks for executive skills all day long.
Planning, remembering, organising, switching attention, managing time, prioritising, starting, finishing. Many students don't struggle because the work is too difficult — they struggle because school demands executive functioning almost every minute of the day.
Support isn't lowering expectations. It's removing unnecessary barriers to learning.
Support isn't lowering expectations. It's removing unnecessary barriers to learning.
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A few ideas that make this easier to understand.
An all-day demand
Executive skills, every minute.
Not the work's difficulty
The load is the demand itself.
Remove barriers
Support is not lower expectations.
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