LS006: Executive function planning board

Implementation steps

1. Set up board template for each major task.
2. Model board use before independent expectation.
3. Prompt one immediate next action.
4. Review board progress at planned intervals.
5. Fade adult prompts over time.
6. Use collaborative wording when setting the board for demand-sensitive profiles while keeping the task route clear.
7. Define a visible start-sustain-finish sequence plus a re-entry step after regulation breaks.

Classroom routines

• Complete first board row together.
• Use quick board checks mid-task.
• Anchor correction to current board stage.
• Keep board visible until submission.
• Archive completed boards for reflection.
• Use common board language across subjects.
• Add an end-stage 'submit check': students tick an 'I can...' list aligned to success criteria before handing in.
• Use a micro-plan: 'My first 2-minute action is...' written at the top of the page.
• Use a predictable next-action prompt and two-minute start step at each transition.
• Add a bounded choice point on the board where agency helps task initiation without changing the goal.
• Use the same board language across adults during correction and reset.

Adaptation guidance

• Reduce board complexity for high-load lessons.
• Add visual timers for pacing.
• Use collaborative wording for demand-sensitive profiles.
• Allow digital board formats.
• Include regulation prompts between stages.
• Use fewer stages and clearer wording where processing speed or demand sensitivity is a barrier.
• Add reasons-for-instructions or success-rationale prompts for profiles that escalate with ambiguous demand.
• Pair the board with visual timers and calm scripts during high-friction lessons.

Staff language prompts

• What is your first two-minute action?
• Show me where you are in start, sustain, finish.
• Return to your next-action line if stuck.
• Point to your next-action line. What will you do in the next two minutes?
• Which success criterion have you met already? Which one is next?
• Which step are you on, and what is your next two-minute action?
• Choose step A or step B first; both lead to the same goal.

Impact checks

• Track initiation latency.
• Track completion against board stage progress.
• Record redirection prompts needed.
• Check transfer into unprompted tasks.
• Track whether initiation improves when bounded choices are embedded in the board sequence.
• Monitor successful re-entry after breaks using the board next-action line.