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Adaptive
Thinking Skills
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Thinking
adaptively involves a multiplicity of skills including:
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| 1. Identifying the goal to be accomplished. |
| 2. Identifying the potential strategies (action plans) to accomplish the goal. |
| 3. Selecting the best strategy (action plan). |
| 4. Developing a sequential series of steps to accomplish that plan. |
| 5. Identifying and collecting the appropriate materials to complete the task. |
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6. Beginning task according to the plan. |
| 7. Monitoring for accuracy. |
| 8. Modifying as necessary. |
| 9. Completing the task (and rechecking for accuracy). |
| 10. Modifying as necessary. |
| 11. Cleanup. |
| The following reference was used to obtained the above information: Marlowe, W. B. (2000). An intervention for children with disorders of executive functions. Developmental Neuropsychology, 18, 445-454. |
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