The ability to self-monitor actions, behaviors, thoughts impacts learning, mindset, social and emotional skills, and functional participation in everyday tasks. You can see how each of the executive functioning skills play into the ability to self-monitor and how self-monitoring skills play into the development and use of each of the other executive functioning skills.
When children self-monitor their actions and thoughts, so many areas are developed and progressed: Use the organization activities and strategies identified here. The goal of this stage is to get students to move from a teacher/parent/therapist/adult support of self-assessment to a self-assessment status where the child identifies behaviors and actions that are off-target.Ī child’s ability to stay organized can make a big impact on self-monitoring. Simple strategies to impact self-control.Lists of appropriate actions or behaviors.Journaling in a notebook or a tool such as the Impulse Control Journal.Parent/Teacher/Student communication sheets (where the child inputs behaviors throughout the day).Recording or measurement of actions can occur through several methods: Observation, or self-assessment may require work in order for the child to understand targeted behaviors. In talking about self-monitoring skills, let’s first discuss what exactly self-monitoring is and what it means for kids to self-monitor their actions, thoughts, and behaviors. Follow up with our goal ladder as another strategy to make step by step progress toward that future visualization. This letter to future self is a great tool to identify areas of change and to start breaking down goals. If they can use introspection to identify how and what they are feeling and why, they can respond to those choices with a plan in place.
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Jotting down deviances of targeted behavior can help kids to become more aware of what happened in a specific situation and how they can make adjustments in the future to avoid specific behaviors, or how they can use accommodations and self-regulation tools to respond and react more appropriately.ģ.) Look at what needs addressed to get to a future that is desired- So often, kids know they are making poor choices, but don’t know how to stop the routine of those poor choices. Having a set of strategies in place to address self-regulation needs, attention needs, or emotional supports is beneficial for use in the moment. In the recording stage of self-monitoring, children are able to note their actions and make changes based on what happened in specific situations. The ability to observe and recognize behaviors or actions is a skill, and that self-monitoring ability requires a lot of reflection, as well as the ability to recognize an ideal response or appropriate behavior for a specific situation.Ģ.) Recording- This stage of self-monitoring is a means for moving from an awareness of actions and behaviors to function. This level of self-monitoring is a real struggle for some students and working on the ability to notice the behaviors or actions that are inefficient or inappropriate for the situation. In both cases, the child is able to identify what behavior has occurred through self-assessment. Another child may realize they spoke out of turn only after the teacher mentions the interruption. In a child who struggles with talking out in class, they may catch themselves as they are interrupting. This might happen during the action or afterwards. The ability to self-monitor is made up of two main areas:ġ.) Observation- In this stage, a child is able to identify a specific behavior, thought, or action that occurred. Ideally, metacognition should occur naturally and instinctively as we engage in an activity. Metacognition is the ability to plan for and execute a task, monitor one’s actions, analyze a problem, apply a strategy, maintain attention, and evaluate or monitor completion of an activity.
Self-monitoring is a process of metacognition. Related read: Here are more executive functioning resources to fill your therapy toolbox! What is self-monitoring
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