Ask Ellen: How to Develop Your Child's Executive Function Skills

Ask Ellen: How to Develop Your Child’s Executive Function Skills

By Ellen Braaten, PhD and Sara Rattigan, Communications Director

Posted in: Multimedia, Parenting Concerns, Videos

Topics: Learning + Attention Issues, Q+A

Executive function skills are essential for kids to thrive at school and at home. Planning, staying organized, and managing time are important for academic success and balancing the responsibilities of daily life. But what if your child is struggling with these skills?

In our latest Ask Ellen Live Q&A, our co-director Dr. Ellen Braaten took questions directly from parents, teachers, and caregivers. Tune in to learn how you can help boost your child’s executive function skills as they transition back to school.

Media List

How Do You Measure Executive Function Skills in Kids? (MGH Clay Center)
What Is Executive Function Coaching? (MGH Clay Center)
Understanding Executive Functioning Issues in Your Child (Understood)
What Is Working Memory? (MGH Clay Center)
What Does It Mean To Be “Gifted?” (MGH Clay Center)
Intro To Processing Speed (MGH Clay Center)

Episode produced by Joshua Eng

Music by Dr. Gene Beresin

Special thanks to Monique Costa, Mass General Social Media Manager, and the Mass General Marketing Department

We are deeply grateful to Lavinia Clay and the Clay Center Advisory Council for supporting our Ask Ellen Q&A series. Their steadfast commitment to the Clay Center’s mission makes our work possible.

Thanks for visiting the Clay Center. We are entirely funded by visitors like you. We receive no financial support from Massachusetts General Hospital or Harvard Medical School. Your support of our work helps us to continue to produce content on mental health topics that support the emotional well-being of young people everywhere.

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Ellen Braaten, PhD

Ellen Braaten, PhD, is executive director of the Learning and Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, and former co-director for the MGH Clay Cente...

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Sara Rattigan, Communications Director

Sara Rattigan, M.S. is the communications director for The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds, and a public health communicator whose passion has always centered around innovative a...

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Ask Ellen: How to Develop Your Child’s Executive Function Skills