Executive Function and Brain Development: Helping Your Child Master Organization and Self-Regulation

Executive function plays a crucial role in a child’s ability to plan, organize, focus, and regulate emotions. When these skills are underdeveloped, children may face difficulties in managing tasks, following routines, and controlling impulses, impacting both academic performance and daily life.

In this final session of the Building Brains, Unlocking Potential webinar series, Debbie Gilmore will delve into the science behind executive function and how brain development influences a child’s ability to stay focused, manage emotions, and adapt to challenges. Participants to this webinar will gain practical insights into strengthening these essential skills, supporting children’s long-term success at home, in school and beyond.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand how executive function impacts a child’s ability to plan, organize, and manage tasks.
2. Explore the role of brain growth in shaping focus, impulse control, and emotional regulation.
3. Discover how improving executive function skills enhances success in both academic and personal development.

 

About the Speaker:

Debbie Gilmore has enjoyed a varied career in educational leadership, and now is helping bring about an educational revolution.  As teacher, literacy adviser, assistant principal, principal and administrator, Debbie always sought programs that were innovative, inclusive and made a meaningful impact in the lives of students. When she found Arrowsmith, it transformed her understanding of what was possible. After spearheading an initiative to bring Arrowsmith to schools in Sydney’s Catholic Education Office where she was Head of Diverse Learning, Debbie joined Arrowsmith as Executive Director.  Since 2013 she has been leading the strategic growth and development of Arrowsmith, and every day speaks to educational leaders about the power and potential that cognitive programming can have in deepening life long learning experiences. As a parent she has seen first hand how Arrowsmith can transform the brains and lives of students and the community that surrounds them.