Executive Functioning in Action: Practical Strategies for Classroom Implementation
Date:
March 20 @ 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Price:
Instructor(s):
Shaunessy Egan
Event Type:
Virtual, Recording
Professional Learning Hours:
6.5
Intended Audience:
K-12 classroom teachers, special education teachers, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, behavior specialists, school psychologists, school counselors, and social workers.
This event includes a 90 minute recording to be viewed prior to attending the live workshop.
This recording and workshop series will equip educators with a working understanding of executive functioning (EF) and its critical role in student learning, behavior, and emotional regulation across grade levels. Participants will gain practical, developmentally appropriate strategies to identify EF challenges, adapt instruction, and support students in building executive functioning skills. Grounded in inclusive education practices, this training will empower educators to create supportive classroom environments that foster independence, self-regulation, and academic resilience for all learners.
The recording will introduce the core components of EF, including working memory, cognitive flexibility, and inhibitory control. They will examine how EF develops across childhood and adolescence, how EF challenges manifest in different grade levels, and how they intersect with learning disabilities, ADHD, and other complex needs. Foundational strategies for observing and supporting EF in the classroom will be shared.
Participants will:
- Define EF’s core components.
- Describe how EF develops across childhood and adolescence.
- Identify common signs of EF difficulties at different grade levels.
- Recognize the relationship between EF challenges and academic, behavioral, and emotional outcomes.
The workshop will build on the foundational learning from the recording, guiding educators in embedding EF supports into everyday instruction and routines. With a focus on practical application, participants will learn strategies for modeling metacognition, scaffolding tasks, supporting transitions, and using visual prompts. Participants will explore how to adapt these tools for their setting through case examples and breakout discussions. The training will conclude with approaches for explicitly teaching EF skills—such as goal-setting, task initiation, and emotional regulation—while promoting student independence through balanced guidance, structured supports, and feedback loops.
Participants will:
- Apply classroom-based strategies to support organization, time management, and self-monitoring.
- Integrate visual aids, structured routines, and prompts to scaffold EF skills in instruction.
- Design classroom environments that promote autonomy, goal-setting, and problem-solving in students with varying EF needs.
