The Care and Keeping of Home: How Executive Function Skills Aid in Daily Living

• By: Alissa Cappelleri, MAT New Frontiers Executive Function Coaching
• March 26th, 2021
• executive function, executive function skills, flexibility, independence, independent living, planning, prioritization, schedule, Spring 2021 Issue, time management
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Navigating independent living requires balancing responsibilities and monitoring oneself. All individuals must strike that balance that makes the most sense for them and their lifestyle regardless of neurodiversity. To execute daily living tasks, one must self-start and sustain motivation...

Summer Jobs

• By: Carole N. Kalvar Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Association (AHA)
• July 1st, 2009
• adolescents, employment, executive function skills, interviews, summer
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For most of us a first summer was a kind of rite of passage. Motivated by making some money and by trying on a more adult role way we were ready to take on the responsibilities of work. Knowing we had to commit ourselves to a set work schedule, to learning and performing unfamiliar tasks, to...