What You’ll Discover in Margaret Dawson Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School Smart but Scattered
- Faculty:
- Margaret Dawson
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 25 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- February 26, 2020
Description
Children who lack executive skills are more likely to have difficulty starting tasks, be distracted easily, lose papers, or fail to complete assignments. and Do not forget to submit homework. They forget to submit their homework. and They don’t feel the need to act quickly. Organization is not a priority in workspaces and Teachers often refer to their backpacks and lockers as “their backpacks” “black holes.” These children are often chronically underachieving. at Both academic and emotional failure are possible and behavioral difficulties.
Dr. Dawson?, co-Author of the best-Selling books Executive Skills for Children and Adolescents, 3rd Ed. (2018), Smart but Scattered (Guilford, 2009) and Smart but Scattered Teens (2013 Guilford) Uses case examples with interactive discussion to illustrate how executive skills are manifested in everyday life and school activities. Find out how to evaluate these skills and Take home evidence-Children can be helped by evidence-based strategies and Executive skills are a skill that adolescents can overcome.
You will finish this recording with a set that includes strategies to modify task/environment and skills development through cognitive/behavioral approaches. and Incentives systems. You can give teachers incentives and Parents can help their children grow. and Increasing the following:
- Organization
- Time management
- Impulse control
- Goal-directed persistence
- Executive Independent functioning requires certain skills
Handouts
| Manual Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School (3.02 MB) | 59 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Illinois Educators Self-Study Instructions (28.5KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Illinois Educators Evaluation Form (1.2 MB) | Available after Purchase |
Outline
Executive Skills
- The underpinning theory
- Executive Skills within the context of brain function and Child development
- Research limitations and potential risks
Evaluation of Executive Skills
- Parent/teacher/student interviews
- Rating scales for behavior
- Observations
- Informal assessment
- Formal assessment
Intervention Strategies
- Environment modifications can be made to lessen the negative impact of low executive skills
- Teaching strategies to assist children in developing/improving executive functioning
- To encourage or practice difficult skills, use incentives
Keys to Effective Intervention Design
- Match the child’s developmental level
- Use the child’s innate drive for mastery and Control
- You can start with environmental changes
- Effortful tasks and They can be made easier
- To enhance instruction, use incentives
- Offer the minimum amount of support
- Get support and Interventions until the child is able to master or succeed
- Oversight and gradual loss of support. and Incentive
Coaching: A Powerful Strategy to Build Executive Skills
- Description of 2-Stage process
- Coaching younger children
- Case studies from clinical practice
- Studies supporting the effectiveness of coaching
Faculty
Margaret DawsonNCSP, Ed.D. Similar seminars and products: 11
Peg Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP, Is a school psychologist available? and It has been in operation for more than 20 years at The Center for Learning and Attention Disorders Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She is a specialist in child assessment. and Adults with learning disabilities and attention disorders. She is co-The author of the bestselling book on executive dysfunction Executive Skills for Children and Adolescents 2nd Edition (Guilford, 2010), Smart but Scattered (Guilford, 2009) and Smart but Scattered Teens (Guilford, 2013).
Peg was an editor in the past of CommuniquéThe newsletter of National Association of School Psychologists, and Numerous articles have been published by him and Book chapters cover a range of topics including retention, ability groupings, reading disorders and attention disorders. They also discuss the sleep problems of teens, the use interview in assessment, and the use of interviews. and homework.
Peg has many years’ experience in the field of organization. at The national, state and International levels and Assist in many capacities including President of the New Hampshire Association of School The National Association of Psychologists School Psychologists (NASP). and International School Psychology Association.She has also participated in many of NASP’s leadership initiatives, including the Futures Conference and Both the second and third are being developed. and Third Blueprint for Training and Do it! School Psychology. She is the 2006 recipient of NASP’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Peg graduated from the University of Virginia with a doctorate in child/school clinical psychology.
Disclosures for Speakers
Financial: Margaret (Peg) Dawson Guilford Press Author and receives royalties. Amacon publisher has her as an author and receives royalties. PESI Inc. awards her a speaking honorarium
Non-financial: Margaret (Peg) Dawson Has no pertinent non-Financial relationships must be disclosed
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