Executive Functioning and Task Completion

[Taína Coleman] We understand that executive function can be, or is a set of processes that’s involved – I kind of think of it like air traffic control, like an airport, in which we’re trying to coordinate and organize thinking and emotional functions to complete a task and meet goals. We’re looking at working memory, prioritizing, organizing, sequencing, managing time and planning, attending, initiating and focus, social-emotional skills around inhibition, as well as communicating cognitive flexibility and shifting. And these skill sets are what we might need to balance to complete tasks. And lots of our teens and tweens are struggling to complete tasks, especially those with ADHD.