Executive Functioning Skills Toolkit

This toolkit is a start to producing a collection of tools students can use. Refresh page to select new tool from tabs. This toolkit was formatted and constructed using Anthropic. (2026). Claude (Claude Sonnet 4.6) [Large language model]. https://claude.ai. Claude also wrote the code to turn it into an HTML file.

If the HTML is not working below, the file can be downloaded here.

Executive Functioning Skill Toolkit
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Executive Functioning Skill Toolkit

Learning Plan · Support Plan · Task Planner · Mind Map · T-Chart · 5 Whys

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Support Plan

Complete the teacher planning questions below, then fill in the written plan.

Teacher Planning Questions

Select all that apply.


Describe the specific tool, resource, or accommodation you will give the student.


List the instructional steps you will follow to introduce and model the tool.

Weekly Schedule Template

Fill in key times and tasks for each day.

Click “+ add slot” to add more time blocks per day.

Written Support Plan

Goals

Responsibilities & communication

Review date

My Task Planner

Add tasks, break them into steps, track your progress, and stay on top of what’s due!

Overall progress
Total
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Done
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In progress
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Not started
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Big Picture Learning Plan

A goal-based plan to guide student projects and learning journeys.

1. Student Information

2. My Big Goal

Start with the big vision. What do you want to achieve or be able to do?

3. Why This Goal Matters to Me

4. Breaking Down My Goal into Steps

5. Resources & Support

What will help you succeed?

6. Timeline & Milestones

7. Evidence of Learning

How will you show what you’ve learned?

8. Success Indicators

9. Reflection & Next Steps

10. Advisor / Mentor Feedback

Stuck Thoughts vs. Flexible Thoughts

Write stuck thoughts on the left, then reframe them as flexible thoughts on the right.

Stuck Thoughts

Thoughts that feel fixed or hard to move past

Flexible Thoughts

Ways to reframe or open up your thinking

The 5 Whys

Start with your problem, then keep asking “Why is that happening?” to dig down to the root cause.

The Problem
What problem are you facing in your project?
1
Why is it happening?
What is causing this problem?
2
Why is that?
What is causing what you just wrote?
3
Why is that?
Keep digging deeper…
4
Why is that?
Getting closer to the root…
5
Why is that?
This is likely your root cause.
Root Cause Identified
Your answer to Why #5 is most likely the root cause of your problem. Use this to guide your next steps!