One way to think of executive functioning is that it’s the CEO of the brain; controlling all the skills required to effectively plan, maintain, and complete daily social and academic tasks.  Executive functioning skills, like time management and organization, are essential to a child’s growth, learning ability, and success. These skills develop in early childhood and continue to progress well into adulthood and are important in making a person’s daily life run smoothly.   Let’s learn more about the different skills that make up our executive functioning system.