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Leading the blueprint

Dow - EF youth development Activities of Dow - EF in 2019
for success and happiness

• Development of training media and tools:
EF contributed stories and board games.
To enter adulthood as a successful and
happy person, one needs to master the skills of • Networking: There were two committee meetings
EF or Executive Functions. EF are the cognitive and four sub-committee meetings. EF materials were
abilities needed to control one’s thoughts, emotions donated to 300 organizations which are daycare
and actions. These skills are the mental processes centers, kindergarten schools, hospitals and local
that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember health promoting hospitals.
instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. • Training over 900 change agents and 40 EF
The skills, which govern our IQ and EQ, are facilitators.
grouped into three sets: basic skills, self-regulatory • EF development activities for over 10,000
skills, and practical skills. The best age for such children and parents.
skills training is from 0 to 6 years. Once trained,
the skills can be further developed until the age
of 25.

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