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Executive skills are sometimes called “the hidden curriculum.” They are skills such as sustained attention, working memory, planning, organization, and goal-directed persistence that are absolutely critical to school success, yet curriculum standards seldom if ever explicitly reference these skills. Neuroscientists now tell us that these skills take a minimum of 25 years to reach full maturation, and the course of that development is influenced by experience and exposure, by modeling, practice, and direct instruction. This full-day workshop will give participants a comprehensive overview of the Smart but Scattered model for understanding, assessing, and treating executive skill challenges.
Learning Goals: As a result of this workshop, participants will:
-Be able to describe the brain processes involved in executive skill development both in typically developing children and those with executive dysfunction (such as ADHD).
-Be able to identify how executive skills impact school performance and daily living.
-Know a variety of formal and informal assessment strategies for evaluating executive skills.
-Learn how to make environmental modifications to support weak executive skills.
-Learn how to design protocols for teaching executive skills.
***Please Email pd@thenia.org for group rates (3 or more)***
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