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What Executive Function Problems Look Like
Medically Reviewed by Zilpah Sheikh, MD on March 22, 2024
Written by Susan Bernstein
What’s Executive Function?
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Lose or Misplace Things
2/15
Can’t Tell or Remember a Story
3/15
Can’t Multitask or Get Started
4/15
Ants in Your Pants
5/15
Always Late
6/15
Lose Your Train of Thought
7/15
Read the Same Page Over and Over
8/15
Can’t Finish a Task
9/15
More Than One Step Is Too Many
10/15
Can’t Remember Anything
11/15
Poor Impulse or Emotional Control
12/15
Messy and Cluttered
13/15
Miss Deadlines
14/15
Why Is Everyone Else Upset?
15/15