Mind in the Making Life Skill #1: Focus and Self-Control

Instructor: Amanda Harding

Nevada Registry Approved Hours: 2.0

Core Knowledge Area: Human Growth and Development

Description: Children need the Life Skill of Focus and Self Control in order to achieve their goals, especially in a world that is filled with distractions and information overload. This module includes insightful exercises and research to help us see ways to build the skill of Focus and Self Control.

Training Objectives:

1.Understand that the Life Skill of Focus & Self Control is a goal-driven skill, calling on Executive Functions

2.Recognize that the Life Skill of Focus and Self Control originates in infancy and children develop the skill through being active

3.Learn to promote the Life Skill of Focus & Self Control in young children by watching how they manage their responses to too much stimulation and use these strategies to help children bring themselves

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