Executive dysfunction

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The term “executive functioning” refers to mental processes involved in goal-directed activity. The work on this has been primarily done in Neuropsychology but the implications for educators are important. Executive functioning includes tasks such as - setting a goal, planning to achieve that goal, sequencing steps in your plan, regulating attention and emotional responses to challenges that may arise, and evaluating the outcome for use of the plan. People who have executive dysfunction are people with disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. These people almost always have frontal love anomalies and have difficulty with executive functioning. Things and tasks that come to most of us fairly unconsciously must be explicitly taught to people with Executive Dysfunction. People with executive dysfunction become distracted or get very emotional about a task they are doing. They tend to become extreemly stressed, and it takes them longer to complete a task.
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The term “executive functioning” refers to mental processes involved in goal-directed activity. The executive functions are found in the frontal lobes of the brain. If one has damage to the frontal lobes then they are considered to have an executive dysfunction. The frontal lobes are found in the front part of the brain. People with frontal lobe injuries seem to have a difficult time with the higher level processing described by the executive functions. The frontal cortex develops slower than other parts of the brain and, as you will notice later, many of the executive functions do not develop completely until the teen years.
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As the name 'executive' implies the term executive function describes some cognitive abilities that control other abilities and behaviors. They are needed to perform goal-directed behavior, to initiate and stop actions, to change behavior as needed, and to plan future behaviors. These behaviors are the basis for any thing to act normally. Executive functions are necessary for manage the stresses of every day life. They also allow people to inhibit bad behaviors.
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People with executive dysfunctions may have problems interacting with other people because they might say or do things that seem inappropriate or offensive to others. Executive dysfunctions are shown in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, schizophrenia, attention-deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism. People who are antisocial as well as heavy users of drugs and alcohol also show symptoms of executive dysfunctions.

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Executive Dysfunction. The term “executive functioning” refers to mental processes involved in goal-directed activity. The executive functions are found in the frontal lobes of the brain. If one has damage to the frontal lobes then they are considered to have an executive dysfunction. The frontal lobes are found in the front part of the brain. People with frontal lobe injuries seem to have a difficult time with the higher level processing described by the executive functions. The frontal cortex develops slower than other parts of the brain and, as you will notice later, many of the executive functions do not develop completely until the teen years.

As the name 'executive' implies the term executive function describes some cognitive abilities that control other abilities and behaviors. They are needed to perform goal-directed behavior, to initiate and stop actions, to change behavior as needed, and to plan future behaviors. These behaviors are the basis for any thing to act normally. Executive functions are necessary for manage the stresses of every day life. They also allow people to inhibit bad behaviors.

People with executive dysfunctions may have problems interacting with other people because they might say or do things that seem inappropriate or offensive to others. Executive dysfunctions are shown in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, schizophrenia, attention-deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism. People who are antisocial as well as heavy users of drugs and alcohol also show symptoms of executive dysfunctions.

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