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Strengthening Executive Functions through Play: Insights from Carol Brown of Equipping Minds
- 2025/03/27
- 再生時間： 38 分
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Curious if OT could help your child's struggles? Download Why Choose OT to find out! -- I am welcoming Carol Brown, an expert in neuroscience and the founder of Equipping Minds. This episode dives into Carol's inspiring journey, motivated by her experiences and research, to better understand and enhance executive functioning. Carol shares how her personal experiences as a mother led to the development of the Equipping Minds cognitive development curriculum, which is being used globally to support individuals from children to seniors facing various cognitive challenges. The conversation explores the vital differences between academic and cognitive skills, emphasizing the importance of strengthening core executive functions such as inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility. In this episode you'll hear about: Carol's motivation: educating herself and her childrenWorking with children and families with strugglesSon’s traumatic birth and need for interventionRecognition of unmet needs in cognitive developmentCarol’s background in neuroscienceTransition from strategies to direct strengthening of executive functionsFoundation of Equipping Minds in 2009Use and reach of Equipping Minds curriculumIdentification of cognitive skills as foundationalOverview of executive functioningInhibitory control, attention, self-controlWorking memory and cognitive flexibilityHandling the question of "fixing" a childEmphasis on whole-brain developmentAligning training with the child’s goals and aspirationsExplanation of Equipping Minds cards and gamesHow activities help with processing speed and cognitive trainingEncouragement to start using the materials and accessing resources Links and Resources From Today's Show Why Should I Seek Occupational Therapy?Equipping Minds WebsiteNCBI- WWW Error Blocked Diagnostic ESQ-R Self Report Assessment Tool- Smart but Scattered KidsThe Brown Model of ADD/ADHDConnect with Sarah on InstagramEpisode 9: The Impact of Music on Executive Functioning: A Homeschooling PerspectiveEpisode 12: Executive Functioning in Homeschooling: A Teenager's Experience with Organization and PlanningEpisode 25: Understanding Hippotherapy: Therapeutic Equestrian Activities for Children's Development Episode 42: Executive Functioning Skills for Families: Holiday EditionWhat Are Executive Functioning Skills?Is My Child Ready To Handle Current Events?Field Trips Can Build Executive Function Skills Connect with our Guest, Carol Brown Dr. Carol Brown has over 40 years of experience as a principal, teacher, cognitive-developmental therapist, social worker, reading and learning specialist, speaker, special needs consultant, and mother. She is a contributing author in the book Neuroscience and Christian Formation and Human Development: Equipping Minds with Cognitive Development, Equipping Minds Cognitive Development Curriculum, and School Violence and Primary Prevention. She has served as a learning specialist, teacher, principal, and head of school in classical Christian schools in North Carolina, Georgia, Northern Virginia, and Lyon, France. Carol trains public, private, and homeschool educators in the Equipping Minds Cognitive Development Curriculum she created.