Executive Function Skills: Strategies for Identifying and Overcoming Learning Barriers
Date:
October 30 @ 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Price:
$125
Instructor(s):
Sarah Ward, MS, CCC/SLP
Event Type:
Virtual
Professional Learning Hours:
5
Topics:
- General Education
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- Special Education
Intended Audience:
Classroom teachers, special education teachers, special education administrators, school psychologists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists,, school counselors, behavior specialists, social workers.
Sarah will offer a functional definition of executive function skills and their typical development. Additionally, participants will understand how to foster a student’s ability to develop more independent executive function skills through targeted interventions.
Participants will be able to:
- Develop strategies to help students follow routines, manage materials effectively, and control impulses and emotions for successful self-regulation.
- Implement techniques to support task planning, task initiation, smooth transitions within and between tasks, and the ability to sense the passage of time.
- Enhance students’ situational awareness, ability to infer possible outcomes, and carry out routines and tasks within allotted time frames.
- Teach students to develop a “memory for the future” and devise plans to achieve their goals.
