EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING GUIDE FOR PARENTS Executive functioning skills are involved with every task we perform. They are the mental (cognitive) processes that we use to get things done; coordinating our bodies, memory, emotions, motivation and more. In therapy we can be focused on motor skills, visual perceptual skills, sensory skills and wonder why getting to the next level can bring in cognitive overload and overwhelm. For example, copying letters produces legible work but then writing a sentenc