What skills do students need to learn to be organized and successfully manage their own time and tasks in the classroom?
This workshop will provide practical, hands-on strategies to develop students' executive function skills for success in school. The term 'Executive Function' is used to describe the skill set required for setting goals, carrying out organized steps and modifying a plan to complete a task successfully, all of which are vital for academic and social success in elementary and middle school classrooms.
Come learn how to use strategies to:
This event is sponsored by the Natick SEPAC, with support from SPARK Kindness and the Natick Public Schools.
Sarah Ward, M.S., CCC/SLP and Co-Director has over 20 years experience in diagnostic evaluations, treatment and case management of children, adolescents and adults with a wide range of developmental and acquired brain based learning difficulties and behavioral problems.
Her particular interest is in the assessment and treatment of executive function deficits. Sarah is dedicated to developing innovative treatment strategies and educating the community to understand, care for and celebrate the learning and behavioral based differences in individuals with brain based learning differences. A popular speaker, Sarah regularly presents locally, nationally and internationally on the topic of executive functions to a variety of professional and parent organizations, school and lay groups.