Mastering Executive Function: A Comprehensive Guide
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Understanding Executive Function – CPD Accredited Course
This course delves into the concept of executive function, exploring its critical role in learning, behaviour, and daily life.
This course helps professionals understand executive function and support neurodiverse individuals with ADHD, autism, and similar conditions.
It covers planning, organisation, impulse control, working memory, and emotional regulation with practical strategies for success.
Therapists, educators, and parents earn CPD points while enhancing skills to support executive function in neurodiverse individuals.
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Module 1: What is executive function?This module discusses in details what basic cognitive processes are, as well as higher executive functions. We also take a look at executive functions in action for a clearer picture of what they are and do.
Executive dysfunction is also discussed.
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Module 2: Symptoms of executive function disorder
Symptoms of executive dysfunction are discussed in great detail. Symptoms are broken up into age categories as well as locations (home, work).
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Module 3: Causes of executive function disorder
The different causes of executive dysfunction are discussed. We take a look at the permanent as well as temporary causes of executive dysfunction.
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Module 4: Symptoms of executive function as they relate to ADHD, dyslexia, autism spectrum disorder and others diagnoses
General symptoms of executive dysfunction are discussed, as well as how they relate to ADHD, ASD, dyslexia, anxiety, stress, and depression.
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Module 5: Diagnosing executive function disorder
The diagnosis of executive dysfunction is discussed in great detail. The different tests for different ages are discussed. What they are called, what they test, why the skill they are testing is important as well as how the test works.
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Module 6: Treatment options
Treatment options for executive dysfunction take the highlight here. Learn more about medications used, interventions as well as the professionals who may help you on your path.
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Module 7: Strategies to enhance executive function skills from infancy to adolescence
Strategies to enhance and practise executive functions skills with children from infancy to adolescence are discussed in detail. Examples of games to play are given for ages ranging from 6 months until adolescence.
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Module 8: Strategies to cope with executive dysfunction
This module contains strategies you may use to cope with executive dysfunction. Strategies are for children as well as adults and are location specific as well, e.g., home, school, work. This module also discusses time blindness.
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Module 9: Prevention
This module gives a quick overview of how certain instances of executive dysfunction may be prevented.
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