Executive Function Exercises
Answering The Question
Instructions:
Read ALL the questions before starting the exercise. Try to finish the exercise as quickly as you can.
What does 2 x 2 x 3 equal?
Name two capital cities in Europe.
What color do you get when you mix blue and yellow?
Write your name on a piece of paper.
Who do you think is the most powerful person in the world?
What is your favorite film?
What does (3 x 3) + (5 x 2) equal?
What is the third letter of the alphabet?
How many sides does a square have?
Now that you have read all the questions, go back and answer the first two questions only. Once you have answered the first two questions, you have finished. You do not need to answer any other questions.
This exercise is relevant to the deficits associated with a brain injury because it demonstrates how impulsive we can all be, jumping in headfirst without carefully weighing up what is required. This trait is particularly pronounced after a head injury. Think of a situation where you have been impulsive and write about it or make a mind map.
Action Plans
Instructions:
Choose one of the following tasks, and write out at least 10 steps required for the completion of the task:
Putting up a shelf in the living room.
Arranging a day trip to San Juan Capistrano.
Doing a load of laundry.
Sequencing
Instructions:
Put the following sentences in the correct order to make a story:
A. Hannah didn't want her Dad to go into the girls' changing room, as she'd be embarrassed.
B. She was getting irritated because he couldn't do it.
C. Hannah has a swimming lesson on Thursday evening at 7:30.
D. Thankfully, a nice lady who had been swimming at the club for years helped him out.
E. Her Dad struggled to put the swimming cap over her head in the corridor.
F. Her mother usually takes her, but tonight her Dad took her.
G. This was a problem, as Hannah needed help putting her swimming cap on.
1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___ 6___ 7___
What strategies did you use to figure out the order?
Problem Solving
Instructions:
Identify three potential causes for each of the situations below.
Situation: Your package from amazon has not arrived when you expected it.
Cause 1
Cause 2
Cause 3
Situation: You can't find your left shoe in the closet.
Cause 1
Cause 2
Cause 3
Situation: Someone you have never met is knocking at the front door.
Cause 1
Cause 2
Cause 3
Situation: The light in your room has gone out.
Cause 1
Cause 2
Cause 3
Logical Sequencing
Instructions:
Number each picture in the correct order to make a logical story
