We will talk more about this as we continue through the class. This Web site was created for new teachers as well as education students. This realization may come very slowly and may be extremely frustrating for them to handle. You will be amazed by how your understanding and application of the concepts you explore above will relate to your job as a Cognitive Retraining Specialist. As you can gather, executive functions are extremely important to our daily successes.
Many people mistake problems in the above areas as indicators of low intelligence.
Difficulties such as failing to accomplish goals, problems performing multiple tasks, or trouble with sequencing steps in a task can occur in the presence of average or above average intelligence and adequate recall of information. Raskin suggests that, in fact, a survivor with average or above average intelligence and adequate memory recall may still exhibit difficulties with executive functions. Survivors usually attempt to utilize the same skills in the same way as they did before the injury. The information may still be there, but might have to be accessed differently. Ah, that's where we come in.