The Everything® Parent’s Guide to Children with Executive Functioning Disorder by Rebecca Branstetter PhD

Author:Rebecca Branstetter, PhD [Branstetter, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4405-6686-8
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2013-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

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The ability to take another person’s perspective and to understand that others have different thoughts, feelings, and intentions than your own is called “theory of mind.” Children with difficulties with “theory of mind” tend to have flexibility issues because they tend to only consider their own viewpoint.

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For example, if a child is working on a drawing and you say it is time to go to school, he is not thinking that you want him to be at school on time, or that the teacher is expecting him, or that if you don’t get him to school on time you will be late for work. He is only thinking about wanting to do his drawing and may become upset when he has to stop. Or, if a child is on the playground and wants to play soccer but everyone else wants to play basketball, she might get upset because she is focused on what she wants to play. When we think about what others are thinking (e.g., my mom needs me to leave now, or my friends want to play soccer), it allows for more flexibility.

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