Takes place on 06/07/2021

Course #: 2021-13

Participants:  Educators

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Course Description: Learn it Today – Use it Tomorrow!

Cutting Edge Strategies to Improve Executive Function Skills in the Classroom

How to Teach Students to Efficiently Initiate, Transition, Plan and Manage their Tasks, Time Space and Materials (and keep their emotions in check!)

Date: June 07, 2021

Time: 1:00PM-3:00PM

Location: Virtual

$89 Per Person

$69 for 5 or More

Contact Sherri Groups of 20 or More.

Sarah Ward. MS. CCC/SLP

Speech and Language Pathologist

This seminar is all about providing dozens of practical strategies that you can learn today and implement tomorrow! From task initiation and execution to time management, practice using strategies such as ‘Being a Beat Ahead’, ‘Get Ready, Do, Done’, ‘STOP and Read the Room’, and seeing and sensing the passage of time.  Learn best practices to get students motivated, focused, organized, and performing closer to their true potential. Learn how to teach students to go from intention to Action to initiate and complete assignments, persist when they are stuck and to know how to ask for help.   Understand the relationship between speed of processing and executive function and learn practical strategies to improve processing speed for tasks, academic work and written expression. You will take away many practical strategies!

During this workshop you will learn how to teach students the following executive control skills:

Awareness:  to “Tune in” to what is happening around them so they can understand how information, events, and their actions will impact their goals and objectives, both now and in the near future

Forethought: to predict the successful outcome of tasks and to know what a ‘stop spot’ looks like

to Wait: to control a reaction long enough to contemplate the outcomes of their choice

Planning Skills to be able to sense the passage of time and to know how to break down the steps for immediate tasks, nightly homework and long term projects

to Shift:  Fresh approaches to help students develop automaticity for class routines, fluidly transition, flexibly shift from one mental mindset to another and to be able to stop doing one activity and then move on to and be prepared to start new tasks.

to Pace: to speed up or slow down within a given time frame, to complete tasks within allotted time and to persist on tasks even if the tasks are difficult, boring or nonpreferred

Sarah Ward, M.S., CCC/SLP is an internationally recognized authority on executive function. Sarah’s focus is on helping individuals learn the skills needed to learn time management, organization, planning and academic skills through best practice strategies based on the most current research.  Through seminars and workshops on programs and strategies she has developed with her co-director of Cognitive Connections, Kristen Jacobsen, Sarah has presented to and consulted with over 1600 public and private schools in the United states, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Their 360 Thinking Executive Function Program received the Innovative Promising Practices Award from the National Organization CHADD.

Requests for withdrawals and refunds must be made prior to deadline. All cancellations subject to a $50 administration fee.REGISTRATION: Register at SmartPD

We must be informed at the time of registration if you have any ADA needs or require special accommodations of any kind