Parent Resource on Executive Function Skills

Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence

Strengthening Executive Function in Children

The term executive function has become increasingly popular in child development
research and is growing in use by parents and practitioners.
Understanding executive function can help parents, teachers, and other professionals
see these capacities in their children. Although executive function may sound like a
highly technical term, the good news is, adults can easily do many things to promote
the growth of these skills in children.

TIPS ON HOW TO INCREASE CHILDREN’S VERBAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Some quick tips on how to help your child communicate his or her wants and needs.

How to Help Your Child Understand and Label Emotions

You can help your child expand her emotional vocabulary
by teaching her words for different feelings. Once she
knows and understands these words you can help
her to label her own feelings and the feelings of others.