ADHD Teens: What the EF! Executive Functions Skill: PlanningPosted on Tuesday, May 10 @ 15:44:34 CDT | Topic: Kids & Teens By Laurie Moore Skillings Executive Functions Skill: Planning/Prioritization Executive functions (EF) skills are skills required to help
perform or accomplish everyday life tasks. These skills are controlled by the
frontal lobe of the brain just behind the forehead. The frontal lobes are the
last areas of the brain to fully develop. Executive functions skills begin to
develop in infancy and continue to mature into early adulthood.
Planning/prioritization is the executive functions skill that
helps you set goals, develop strategies, outline tasks and schedules to
accomplish the goals that you have set to achieve. It includes the ability to
make decisions about what's important to focus on and also the ability to
decide what's not important to focus on.
Filtering out what is essential for the task at hand from the nonessential can be tough for a lot of us with ADHD. If your teen has challenges with planning/prioritization they can find it
hard to:
When you understand what your goal or task is, take the time to plan how you will reach or finish the task. Knowing the result will help you plan the steps to do the goal or finish the task. Break each goal into steps that are doable. Put the steps in a logical order. If you're not sure in what order the steps should be, ask yourself if the order they are in makes sense. If not, you can always ask someone to help you put the steps in order. You can help your teen strengthen their executive functions skill of
planning/prioritization by using the following strategy, ROADMAP:
Planning/prioritization is a skill that you will continue to use throughout your life. Repeat the ROADMAP process or proceed to the next challenge that needs to be addressed to help your teen.
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