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🧠Executive function refers to a set of cognitive processes that help us manage and regulate our thoughts, actions, and emotions to achieve goals. These processes include skills such as working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control.

🤸🏽Vestibular input, on the other hand, involves the sensory information related to balance and spatial orientation, primarily managed by the inner ear and brain. It plays a crucial role in our ability to move, balance, and maintain posture.

↔️The connection between executive function and vestibular input is significant, especially in children. Proper vestibular input can support the development of executive function skills by promoting body awareness, spatial orientation, and overall sensory processing.

Activities that provide vestibular stimulation, like swinging, spinning, or balancing, can enhance attention, focus, and the ability to regulate emotions, all of which are critical components of executive function.

Incorporating vestibular activities into daily routines can therefore be beneficial for children and individuals who need to strengthen their executive function skills. This is particularly useful in therapeutic settings, where targeted vestibular input can help improve cognitive and emotional regulation.

https://www.theottoolbox.com/vestibular-activities/

🧠✨ Comment '299'...What is Interoception?
It’s the hidden sense that helps us understand what’s going on inside our bodies... from feeling hungry or thirsty, to noticing emotions and physical discomfort.
🫶For many children, especially those with neurodiversities, this sense needs to be taught and supported. 💛
👩‍🏫 Teachers play a crucial role in helping students tune into their body signals. Simple strategies like visuals, routines, and regular check-ins can make a big difference!

Did you know?

Jo Malone attributes her incredible sense of smell to her Dyslexic Thinking?

By leaning into her dyslexic strengths, she went on to create a multi-million dollar fragrance brand, with fragrances unlike any others on the market.

Watch her tell BBC's The Inside Track how thinking differently was her secret weapon in business:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-34769381

Find out more about Dyslexic Thinking in Kate's/my book This Is Dyslexia - available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Dyslexia-Kate-Griggs/dp/1785045644/