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This structured PDF presentation (full lesson) is designed for individuals with ASD and executive functioning deficits. It explains what working memory is, why instructions, steps, and plans are forgotten mid-task, and teaches practical, evidence-based strategies that reduce how much needs to be remembered.

What is covered:

  • What Is Working Memory: a clear, literal explanation of how it works
  • Working Memory vs Long-Term Memory: why a person can have a strong long-term memory and still find working memory difficult
  • Why Do We Forget Things Mid-Task: limited capacity, interruptions, tiredness, and spoken instructions
  • Why This Can Be Harder for Individuals with ASD: detail focus, sensory input, fast spoken instructions, and interruptions
  • The Universal Struggle: reassurance that forgetting information mid-task is common, including in ADHD, dyslexia, and dyspraxia
  • What Working Memory Struggles Can Look Like: recognising the signs
  • Examples: the four-step instruction, and the interrupted recipe
  • Strategies for Supporting Working Memory: the Write-It-Down Rule, the Written Request, the Visual Checklist, Chunking, the Place Marker, and the Repeat-Back Method
  • Evidence-Based Techniques: Task Analysis, and Visual Supports and Dual Coding
  • Practice Scenarios and Generalised Feedback: realistic scenarios with feedback
  • Practical Tips and Key Takeaways

Suitable for:

  • Teenagers and adults with autism
  • 1:1 sessions or small group work
  • SEN specialists, instructors, support workers, and parents

Format: PDF presentation
Session time: Approximately 1 hour

All content uses clear, literal, and neutral language throughout. Resources are universally applicable, with no political, ideological, or religious content.

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Executive Function Skills Mega Bundle | Autism Life Skills | 10 Full Lessons

This bundle brings together all 10 structured PDF presentations from the SLEducation Executive Function library. It is designed for teenagers and adults with ASD and executive functioning deficits, and covers the core skills needed to start tasks, plan, manage time, remember information, handle strong feelings and change, check progress, stay organised, and pause before acting. Each resource is a complete, standalone full lesson. Each is structured, visually engaging, and ready to use in 1:1 or small group sessions. Together they form a comprehensive executive function programme that can be delivered across a full term or used flexibly to target individual areas of need. **What is included:** * Task Initiation: why starting is difficult, and strategies for getting started * Planning and Prioritisation: breaking tasks down and deciding what to do first * Time Management and Time Perception: estimating time, tracking it, and managing transitions between tasks * Understanding and Managing Procrastination: why we delay, and strategies for starting and finishing * Understanding and Supporting Your Working Memory: remembering instructions, steps, and plans mid-task * Understanding and Managing Emotional Regulation and Flexibility: managing strong feelings and adjusting to unexpected change * Building Self-Monitoring Skills: checking your own progress and noticing when a plan is not working * Understanding and Managing Transitions: stopping one activity and starting another, including changes in routine * Building Organisation Skills: organising physical items, digital files, and information * Building Impulse Control Skills: creating a pause between an urge and an action **Each resource includes:** Clear, explicit teaching of a specific executive function skill An autism-specific explanation of why the skill can be harder, and a Universal Struggle slide showing it is a shared difficulty Real-life examples with discussion questions Practical strategies, plus evidence-based techniques drawn from CBT, DBT, and practices recognised for autistic learners Structured practice scenarios with feedback Practical tips and key takeaways A Work With Me slide for signposting 1:1 support **Suitable for:** * Teenagers and adults with ASD and executive functioning deficits aged 13+ * 1:1 sessions or small group work * SEN specialists, therapists, tutors, instructors, support workers, and parents **Format:** 10 PDF presentations **Session time:** Approximately 1 hour per lesson All content uses clear, literal, and neutral language throughout. Resources are universally applicable, with no political, ideological, or religious content. **SLEducation:** *Where rehearsal meets real life..* **Tags:** executive function bundle, executive function skills, executive functioning autism, ASD executive function, executive function curriculum, executive function mega bundle, autism life skills bundle, task initiation, time management autism, planning and prioritisation, working memory strategies, emotional regulation autism, organisation skills autism, impulse control autism, procrastination strategies, self-monitoring skills, transitions autism, SEN executive functioning resource, special education bundle, evidence-based autism strategies

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