NILD Executive Functions

Workshop Syllabus

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Overview

Successful completion of this workshop will enable participants to identify, assess, and coach student needs in the process of executive functioning development. 

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to: 

  1. Understand the key components of executive functioning.
  2. Define executive dysfunction.
  3. Understand the role of ADHD, anxiety, depression, and Autism in relation to executive functions.
  4. Understand the process of executive functioning development
  5. Understand his/her own executive functioning profile and how it impacts work with students
  6. Assist students in understanding their executive functioning profile, discovering their own strategies, and setting/monitoring their own executive functioning goals 

Course Description

This is a lecture and laboratory workshop designed to assist educational therapists, teachers, school administrators, or parents in understanding executive functioning and its development from early childhood to adulthood. A variety of strategies, activities, and tools for coaching executive functioning skills are discussed and practiced. 

The following topics are addressed in this workshop: 

Philosophy

Neuroplasticity, executive functioning development across the lifespan, effective coaching practices, growth mindset, cognitive functions, and the ADHD connection 

Intervention

Practical application of the theories, activities, strategies, and tools for coaching students with executive functioning challenges 

Assessment

Executive Skills Questionnaire – Student Version (Dawson & Guare, 2023), informal observation, progress monitoring 

COURSE RESOURCES

Executive Functions manual (provided for you by NILD) 

B. Coaching Students with Executive Skills Challenges (Dawson & Guare, 2023) 

C. Executive Functioning Skills in Your Classroom: 7 skills every student needs to reach their potential. (Elias, 2022) 

D. RECOMMENDED for younger students – Mind in the Making (Galinsky, 2010) 

WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS

Prerequisite – none 

Pre-Course Preparation

Acquire and preview Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits (Dawson & Guare, 2023) and Executive Functioning Skills in Your Classroom: 7 skills every student needs to reach their potential. (Elias, 2022) 

Workshop Activities

  1. Take an Executive Skills Questionnaire – Adult Version (Dawson & Guare, 2023) and set personal goals for executive functioning development
  2. Develop an Executive Function Plan as a group. 

NILD's Philosophy:

Believing that all students can learn and that the brain is open to modification at all stages of development, we provide direct and focused educational treatment for cognitive systems that are weak and vulnerable

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PRICE FOR COURSE

R2 500

Schools rate applies.