Keeping Good Intentions on Track is based on research from the fields of self-regulation, mindfulness and executive function. These three fields are very much inter-related: 

Self-regulation is the ability to act in ways that are consistent with your intentions and your deeply held values. It entails deferment of immediate gratification and avoidance of distraction in order to achieve outcomes that are consistent with your own best interests.

Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to your emotions and thoughts with an attitude of openness and acceptance.  Mindfulness enhances self-regulation because the ability to achieve a mindful state means that you can calm yourself and become aware of your perceptions, emotions and thoughts before choosing a course of action.

Executive Function refers to a set of brain skills (such as working memory, response inhibition, and mental flexibility) that work together to enable you to remember intentions, filter distractions, control impulses, focus attention, and prioritize and execute actions.  

While these three fields of study are inter-related, and all have an underlying purpose of helping the individual to live more mindfully and intentionally, they use somewhat different concepts and terminology. Keeping Good Intentions on Track uses executive function (EF) concepts and terminology to help kids improve self-regulation and mindfulness.  Children learn about four EF brain skills: working memory, response inhibition, mental flexibility and outcome-directed thinking.  The focus on these brain skills gives children and their adult helpers 
  1) a consistent lens with which to identify problem areas and
  2) a common language with which to plan interventions that will help children improve mindfulness and self-regulation and, most importantly, learn ways to follow through on their good intentions.