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When working on skills, use a
two-pronged approach:
Dr Joyce Cooper-Kahn and Dr Laurie Diestel advocate
a ‘two-pronged’ approach in addressing weaker
Executive Function (Control Centre) skills:
These take time to build.
Skills & They work best when the
Strategies child leads decision-making
on them.
Short-term Things to make the task or
situation easier. Needed
scaffolds & whilst the child builds the
necessary skills & strategies
adjustments to manage well.
The next six chapters explore each Executive Function
Skill separately, with lots of top tips on how to scaffold
and improve each one.
