Understanding and Supporting Students with Executive Functioning Deficits

Friday, April 29, 2022
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

(Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants.)

Executive function (EF) is an umbrella term for a collection of cognitive and behavioral functions such as problem solving, reasoning, planning and organization, inhibiting action or speech within context and managing attention control.

It is now commonly believed that executive functions are essential for purposeful, goal-directed behaviors and actions, and there is substantial evidence that academic achievement and appropriate executive function skills are correlated. This training will help teachers understand what executive functions are and how to best support students with executive functioning deficits.

Participants will:

• Understand the Executive Functioning domains.
• Understand how Executive Function deficits are assessed and the link between ADHD and executive functioning.
• Learn how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies can support executive functioning deficits.
• Learn strategies for academic and behavioral support for students with executive functioning deficits.

Intended Audience: Special Education and General Education teachers, administrators, educational specialists, paraprofessionals

Presenter: Daniel Silberstein, M.Ed., Education Specialist
(In partnership w/ the Diagnostic Center North; held jointly with SE SELPA)