Transition
Planning at
Norwin

Executive Functioning in High School

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Schoolwork

• Manage schoolwork effectively on a day-to-day basis

• Complete and hand in assignments on time

• Studying for tests

• Creating and following timelines for long-term projects

• Making adjustments in effort and quality of work in response to feedback

 

Future Plans

• Establish and refine a long-term goal

• Make plans for reaching the goal.

  • If the goal is college

    • Select the appropriate courses

    • Maintain sufficient GPA

    • Take SAT’s/ACT      

    • Participate in extracurricular activities

    • Carries out college application process

  • If the goal is not college

    • Pursue vocational courses

    • Obtain employment outside of school

    • Obtain employment after high school

 

 

Flexibility

• Be able to adjust to a change in routine

• Be able to see more than one solution to a problem

• Be able to cope with unseen events

• Be able to shift between topics/activities

 

Impulse Control

• Control desire to have extreme reactions to seemingly minor events

• Demonstrate tolerance for frustration

• Be able to tolerate mistakes

• Develop strong coping strategies

• Eliminate behavioral outbursts- these are no-longer appropriate

• Able to monitor him/herself

• Does not burst out answers or interrupt others

• Has self-awareness, can see how actions impact others

 

Organization

• Wake up on his/her own each morning

• Estimate time needed for task

• Organize thoughts

• Organize locker/backpack/binders

• Be able to see the big picture without getting caught up in the details

• Self-start

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Problem Solving

• Identify that there is a problem that needs solved

• Focus on the whole problem no just one aspect of it

• Be able to identify the need for help and seek it

• Generalize skills and knowledge across settings

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Spare Time

• Make good use of leisure time

• Avoid reckless behavior

  • Drug use

  • Sexual acting out

  • Shoplifting

  • Lying

  • Cheating