Executive Function Skills (MS/HS): Strategies for Identifying and Overcoming Learning Barriers
Date:
March 14 @ 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Price:
$125
Event Type:
Virtual
Professional Learning Hours:
5
Topics:
- General Education
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- Special Education
Intended Audience:
Middle and high school 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:
- Facilitate the development of skills in older students for planning and initiating tasks, navigating transitions between classes and activities, and enhancing their time management abilities.
- Equip middle and high school students with strategies to establish effective routines, independently manage their materials, and regulate emotions and impulses for better self-management in a complex school environment.
- Guide middle and high school students in creating forward-thinking strategies and formulating detailed plans to achieve both short-term and long-term academic and personal goals.
- Strengthen students’ capacity to evaluate situations, anticipate potential outcomes, and complete assignments and projects within designated time frames.
- Prepare a plan with at least 3 effective instructional strategies for developing a student’s capacity to visualize and plan hourly, daily, weekly and monthly time.
