2022 HELIX Virtual Experience: High Expectations for Students with Low Incidence Disabilities

08. Executive Functioning: Foundational Skills for the Educator (and Student)

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Session Dates

Monday November 14, 2022 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM - Webinar

Closed

As students grow and progress through the K-12 system, assumptions are made about their ability to organize their time, assignments, social engagements, and emotional reactions. These are all skills related to executive functions. Some students intuitively develop these skills, yet they are often learned through incidental learning, and not explicitly taught. Many students benefit from explicitly structured work to develop executive functioning skills-and students learning with a visual impairment are no different. Learn the basics about executive functioning, learn how to integrate these skills into your work. This session will involve some hands on work to explore the implications of these key skills, and how to increase your student's executive functions.

Participants will be able to:

  • Identify key elements of Executive Functions and their impacts on learning and independence.
  • Apply the skills to create lesson plans to strengthen students' executive functioning skills in learning ECC skills, in the general education classroom and out.
  • Employ engagement techniques to improve student engagement and motivation to learn and integrate stronger executive function skills into daily activities.

 


Target Audience

Teachers, administrators, speech language pathologists, related service providers, consultants, training and consulting staff, paraprofessionals, family members Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate individuals who have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and who need assistance at this event. Contact: Annette Bauerlein, at 610-878-7211, or abauerlein@pattan.net.

Event Info

Event Type:

Conferences

Credit Type:

Act 48 Clock Hour
ACVREP
ASHA
PSYCH
Hours of Instructional Time
No credit

Presenters:

Leslie Thatcher EdM

Event Contact:

Content Contact:

Kristin Starosta
kstarosta@pattan.net
610-878-7237