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Self-register; visual timetable  \n• Transitions  \n• E.g. through cues like a bell or a song  \n• Aspects of the environment that scaffold learner’s thinking and feelings  \n• E.g. posters with emotional expressions  \nCambridge Schools Conference, December 2025  \nFuture-ready: preparing learners to thrive","cbCaildRBUVh6aGk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaildRBUVh6aGk","pdf",1679108,16,"English","# Check up: Your own executive functions skills\n# Myth busting\n# Executive functions and self-regulation\n## Screening tool (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire)\n# Many ways to support executive functions and self-regulation\n## Routines and predictability\n## Scaffolding with a prepared environment\n# Supporting executive functions in a classroom\n# Supporting executive functions in the wider school day","[{\"question\":\"What are executive functions in everyday life according to the session?\",\"answer\":\"They include skills for active learning, adjusting to expectations, being independent, and making “good” decisions.\"},{\"question\":\"Which myths about executive functions does the session challenge?\",\"answer\":\"It challenges the idea that executive functions matter only for children struggling on the fringes, that they can be fixed only with “brain games,” and that support is no longer needed once skills are developed.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of supports help executive functions and self-regulation?\",\"answer\":\"The session emphasizes universal, less stigmatizing supports, predictable routines, scaffolding through a prepared environment, and consistent EF/SR interventions delivered regularly rather than only briefly.\"}]","Executive functions sandbox - Where can you spot them and where can you support them - A guide for active learning and self-regulation | PDF",1792722950]