Executive Functioning Skills Problem Solving Process Lesson & Activity for Teens

Support your students problem and solution executive functioning skills with this digital, no prep, lesson and activity that includes a teaching video. This digital mini-lesson and activity is perfect for high school or middle school students that need explicit instruction on executive functioning skills, whether you teach general education, special education, are a speech language pathologist or other support professional this resource is what your students need! Works for in person or online learning! Can be done digitally or on paper.

The following lesson is part of my executive functioning skills lesson series.
(Bundle of 3 Skill Lessons can be found here)

What are executive functioning skills?
Executive functioning skills are the skills you need to be a successful person. These skills involve: planning, prioritizing, time management, working memory, self-control, metacognition, attention, task initiation, and perseverance.

Students who struggle in school often have weak executive functioning skills. In order to be successful in school and in life, students who struggle need to be taught these skills explicitly. I have created an entire course and curriculum at my school based on this premise, and have students to this day come back and tell me that the “real world skills” they learned in my class, help them as adults. (Over 90% graduation rate for students who take my class)

INCLUDED:

27 Google Slides: (can also be printed and done on paper)

• 1 Instructional Video for Students to Watch
• 2 Slides of Teacher Directions/Suggestions
• 25 slides for students
• 2 Slides to Define: Problem & Solution
• 4 Problem & Solution Scenarios
• 1 Slide of Problem Solving Process Anchor Chart (Can be printed)
• 3 Graphic Organizers for the Problem Solving Process
• Explicit Directions that can be adjusted based on your students’ abilities

HOW TO USE:
Please see the slides for directions and teaching video on how to use with students

NOTES FOR USE:
- This lesson took my students longer than 45 minutes, due to their ability level.

- I have used this lesson for 9, 10, and 11th grade as well as my post grad students

- VERY IMPORTANT: Please review slide 23 with your students to not minimize how some of their problems cannot be fixed through this process

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐" Extremely engaging lesson to work on executive functioning skills - especially virtually!" Grades 9 & 10

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My students enjoyed this. Students stayed engaged and felt successful in reaching their learning goals." Grade 11

Check out my Executive Functioning Skills Lessons

→ BUNDLE 1 (Planning/Prioritizing, Time Management/Task Initiation, & Organization)

→ BUNDLE 2 (Self-Control/Self-Regulation, Attention, & Working Memory)

Individual Lessons:

• Problem Solving Process
• Planning/Prioritizing
• Time management/Task initiation
• Organization
• Working memory
• Self-control/Self-Regulation
• Attention
• Perseverance

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