Sentences with phrase «other executive function skills»

Methotrexate exposure tied to reduced mental flexibility, planning and other executive function skills in long - term survivors of pediatric leukemia.

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The capacities that develop in the earliest years may be harder to measure on tests of kindergarten readiness than abilities like number and letter recognition, but they are precisely the skills, closely related to executive functions, that researchers have recently determined to be so valuable in kindergarten and beyond: the ability to focus on a single activity for an extended period, the ability to understand and follow directions, the ability to cope with disappointment and frustration, the ability to interact capably with other students.

While medication can improve some executive functions including attention, concentration, impulse control, and emotional regulation, medication alone will not improve social development including social skills, cooperation, motivation, self - esteem, and others.

Parents whose children had anesthesia once under age 3 reported more problems with mental skills known as executive functions — skills that help with memory, impulse control, planning and flexibility — but not with other behaviors.

His lab has also shown that under the influence of exercise, other regions of the brain grew as well, including the prefrontal cortex, which plays an important role in a group of processing and decision - making skills called executive function.

They might not gain the tools to develop executive function skills, such as planning and ability to pay attention, and they could be at risk for other weakened cognitive skills, too.

Extensive research in neurobiology and the developmental sciences indicates that adult caregivers hold the key to improving child outcomes, especially in the early years when the foundations of self - regulation and executive function skills are strengthened through responsive, «serve and return» interactions between children and their parents (as well as with other adults).

Over the course of this grant, FOI: (1) is producing professional development materials to help staff representing multiple state agencies better understand the basic science of child development generally and the promotion of executive function and self - regulation skills more specifically; (2) is supporting the creation of small learning communities, building on existing relationships at the site and policy level and connecting to other learning communities across North America; (3) is supporting the Washington cross-agency working group to sustain its current gains and momentum during the upcoming executive branch transition in January and to share lessons learned with the broader national FOI community of states and Canadian provinces; and (4) is beginning conversations with stakeholders at the community level to explore mutual interests and is beginning to chart a path toward enhanced collaboration within the state.

According to the University of Oregon's Philip Fisher, executive function can be trained, not unlike other skill sets.

Understanding the role of executive functions in reading comprehension and other academic skills.

The use of assistive technology and an array of other ever - present tools help bridge deficits in executive function and language processing and allow students to learn and explore in a manner consistent with their skills and interests.

Other programs designed to boost executive function skills integrate executive function activities into the daily lives of children, such as the preschool curriculum Tools of the Mind.25 Throughout this curriculum, children are encouraged to utilize private speech or visual reminders (e.g., a picture of an ear to remind them that they need to listen or pay attention) to develop inhibitory control skills.

From newborns to teenagers, we have classes that help parents and caregivers learn skills that are proven to enhance cognitive, social and emotional development; improve executive function and impulse control, improve school readiness and academic performance while reducing child abuse and neglect, drug and alcohol abuse and a wide range of other risk factors for children.

Our clinicians use a wide range of standardized tests, to help us compile information regarding an individual's emotional, social and behavioral patterns, as well as cognitive skills, executive functioning abilities, and other factors that might be impacting your everyday functioning.