Assignment: Executive Function Case Study Given the case study, students will answer the following questions. What may help support this child's executive function development? Executive Function Case Study: Marcus is a 3 year old in your class. He loves school and comes in most days happy and excited to be at school. Marcus has a lot of energy and you notice he likes to be moving most of the time and has difficulty sitting still. Marcus has a lot of friends due to his friendly disposition however you notice it is challenging for him to share. Occasionally, he will push or hit a friend when he is asked to share. With support and encouragement, Marcus typically can calm down, share and get back to his happy disposition. Academically, when you are working with Marcus in small group learning, he struggles to remember some of the letters you've introduced. Marcus' parents have also shared some concerns with this as well. They continue to support his learning at home by creating fun letter games for practicing. However, Marcus seems to flourish with puzzles and loves the challenge they provide him, although he tends to like to complete puzzles independently. This week during group sharing you asked students to talk about what food they ate for Thanksgiving. One student talked about a food not typically eaten at Thanksgiving and Marcus stated, "EEWW! That's not Thanksgiving food". I eat Turkey and potatoes". You re-directed Marcus and responded, "Marcus, families all have their own way to celebrate Thanksgiving with food they like. It's ok that it's different from what you eat. This is what makes us all special and unique." Marcus seemed to accept the teacher's response and the class continued to share their stories with each other.

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Assignment: Executive Function Case Study

Given the case study, students will answer the following questions.

What may help support this child's executive function development?

Executive Function Case Study:

Marcus is a 3 year old in your class. He loves school and comes in most days happy and excited to be at school. Marcus has a lot of energy and you notice he likes to be moving most of the time and has difficulty sitting still. Marcus has a lot of friends due to his friendly disposition however you notice it is challenging for him to share. Occasionally, he will push or hit a friend when he is asked to share. With support and encouragement, Marcus typically can calm down, share and get back to his happy disposition. Academically, when you are working with Marcus in small group learning, he struggles to remember some of the letters you've introduced. Marcus' parents have also shared some concerns with this as well. They continue to support his learning at home by creating fun letter games for practicing. However, Marcus seems to flourish with puzzles and loves the challenge they provide him, although he tends to like to complete puzzles independently.

This week during group sharing you asked students to talk about what food they ate for Thanksgiving. One student talked about a food not typically eaten at Thanksgiving and Marcus stated, "EEWW! That's not Thanksgiving food". I eat Turkey and potatoes". You re-directed Marcus and responded, "Marcus, families all have their own way to celebrate Thanksgiving with food they like. It's ok that it's different from what you eat. This is what makes us all special and unique." Marcus seemed to accept the teacher's response and the class continued to share their stories with each other.