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Cutting Edge Strategies to Improve Executive Function Strategies

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Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 4/24/2019 11:59 PM
Last Date to Cancel: 5/2/2019 11:59 PM
Agency: Metro ECSU
Agency Contact: Kayna Plaisted
Agency Assistant: Gail Jankowski 6126381522
Audience: K-12 Speech Pathologists, Sp. Ed Teachers, Classroom Teachers, School Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors
Location: Metro ECSU
2 Pine Tree Drive
Arden Hills, MN 55112
Facility: Metro ECSU Training Room - Level 1
Date/Time:
4/30/2019 08:00 AM - 03:00 PM
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Learn it Today - Use it Tomorrow! - Cutting Edge Strategies to Improve Executive Function Strategies

Date:  April 30, 2019
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.   
Fee:  $45.00 (lunch & snacks included)
NOTE:  We do not take credit card payments at this time.  Check payment information will be on your confirmation email.

Learning Outcomes 
-State the functional working definition of what is meant by the term “executive function skills” as it pertains to therapeutic interventions 
-Define how situational awareness, self-talk, forethought and episodic memory are the foundational skills for successful task execution 
-Develop an intervention program to foster a student’s ability to form more independent executive function skills by describing therapeutic activities to improve: -Situational awareness, self-talk, and forethought 
-Self-regulation and following routines 
-Task planning, task initiation and transition within and between tasks 
-Active self-management of the factors related to the passage of time 
-Internal self-talk for initiating tasks 
-Organized thinking and speed of processing -Student management of materials 
-Space Makeover – organize the classroom

Presenter: Sarah Ward, M.S. CCC/SLP
Sarah has over 23 years of experience in diagnostic evaluations, treatment and case management of children, adolescents and adults with language learning disabilities, nonverbal learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, executive dysfunction, Asperger's disorders and social pragmatics.

CEU Hours: 6 hours

Sponsored by Regional Low Incidence Projects - Region 11

This training is funded with a grant from MDE using federal funding, CFDA 84.027A, Special Education - Grants to States. This event does not necessarily represent the policy of the federal Department of Education or the state Department of Education. You should not assume endorsement by the federal or state government.

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