Educators can support students executive functions and help them get started through creating consistent activation routines. Several Outreach resources are related to six aspects of executive function: activation, focus, effort, emotion, memory, and action.¹ In addition, we’ll continue to organize the resources in relation to Landmark’s Six Teaching Principles™.

This resource focuses on strategies to activate students toward successful task completion by exploring reference tools, working on time management, and cueing students to empower them to begin a task, sustain effort, and complete work.

For the full text of the Landmark Teaching Principles™, including “Provide Opportunities for Success,” click here.

References

CHADD. Describing six aspects of a complex syndrome by Thomas E. Brown. Retrieved August 19, 2013 from http://www.chadd.org/Understanding-ADHD/Executive-Functions-Six-Aspects.aspx