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Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with children from Infancy to 1 IntroductionExecutive Function and self-regulation Skills provide critical supports for learning and development. Just as an air traffic control system at a busy airport manages the arrivals and departures of many aircraft on multiple runways, Executive Function Skills allow us to retain and work with information in our brains, focus our attention, filter distractions, and switch mental gears. There are three basic dimensions of these Skills :n Working memory The ability to hold informa-tion in mind and use Inhibitory control The ability to master thoughts and impulses so as to resist tempta-tions, distractions, and habits, and to pause and think before Cognitive flexibility The capacity to switch gears and adjust to changing demands, priorities, or Skills help us remember the information we need to complete a task, filter distractions, resist inappropriate or non-productive impulses, and sustain attention during a particular activity.
As children develop these capacities, they need practice reflecting on their experiences, talking about what they are doing and why, monitoring their actions, considering possible next steps, and evaluating the effectiveness of their deci-sions. Adults play a critical role in supporting, or “scaffolding,” the development of these skills, first
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