Strategies for the General Education Teacher: Supporting Students with ADHD and EF Challenges 

Research suggests that 50% of classroom time is spent focusing on problems associated with Executive Function skill deficits.  The top classroom issues relate to challenges with shifting, self-regulation, and self-monitoring.  Teachers often report feeling they have insufficient training in environmental or procedural supports that will explicitly teach students Executive Function skills.  Children with LD and ADHD also benefit when instruction includes clear processes for Executive Function skill development.

The workshop will focus on the five major Executive Function Skills

1. Creating a classroom-wide EF culture
2. Goal Setting/Planning/organizing/prioritizing
3. Accessing working memory
4. Shifting/flexible thinking
5. Checking/self-monitoring

 KEY LEARNING:

• Learn the five basic Executive Function skills and their impact on academic, behavioral, and social/emotional functioning.
• Sharpen diagnostic skills by connecting breakdowns in learning and classroom functioning to specific EF skill deficits.
• Devise lesson plans and classroom procedures to explicitly address the development of Executive function skills for all students.

Course Credit: Six participation hours awarded upon completion.

Thursday August 6, 2020

8:30am-3:00pm

Program Fee: $165.00 per person

Lunch will be provided for all registrants

Schools/Districts sending a team of three or more receive $30 off each registration using the code 3ORMORE.  Please contact our Center Coordinator for Purchase Orders.