[Music] we're not born with the skills we need to get things done successfully especially in this fast and complicated world but here's the good news the skills we need can be taught and they form a foundation for self-regulation and help build social-emotional skills grouped together three of the most foundational are called executive functions executive functions are a set of three cognitive skills flexible attention working memory and inhibitory control when complex things are happening around us executive functions help us stay on task make plans set goals and carry them out successfully they act like road signs
intentionally managing and coordinating many things at once like helping drivers and pedestrians stay safe and making sure they obey the road rules flexible attention allows us to shift our attention when necessary directing it to the most important tasks and sustaining it while we're working on them flexible attention allows us to switch focus quickly from one thing to another working memory is the ability to remember and use important information like driving directions working memory allows us to store important information so we can access it when needed inhibitory control is the ability to pause and think before
we act it helps us resist impulses it keeps us on task and helps us set goals and carry them out executive functions help students learn and be successful in school solving maths problems following directions reading playing sports and resolving conflicts these skills will last a lifetime and be used every day in school at work and at home they're a vital part of an education that teaches the whole child visit CF Children org or our Australian partner positive pieces comte you
