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Summer 2025: Building Executive Functioning Skills in the Classroom
To Complete Before You Begin this Course
Welcome to Building Executive Functioning Skills in the Classroom!
How to Post in Discussions
Purchase Your Books (optional)
Review the Class Syllabus
Downloadable, Printable Class Syllabus
How to Navigate within the Online Classroom
How to Enable and Disable Closed Caption Option
A Word About Copyright
Week 1: Welcome!
Introductions - Please complete before beginning the class
Supplemental Resources
Instruments to Assess Executive Function Skills
From Children's Health Council: Information on Helping Students Cope with Traumatic Events
Tackling Unhealed Trauma: Article from Harvard Graduate School of Education
Video for Middle School Students about the Brain
Resources for Younger Students
ADDitude Article Highlighting Issues Specific to BIPOC Population
Verbal to Visual - Taking Visual Notes
Article on Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
Recommended Further Reading (after course completion)
Live Q & A session on Friday July 11 & Friday August 1 at 9am Pacific Time
Access Link for Live Q & A sessions
Recording of Live Q&A Session July 11, 2025 (45:22)
Post Your Questions Here For August 1 Live Q & A
Week 1 - Topic A: Introduction to Executive Functions
Week 1 Overview
Lecture 1: Introduction to Executive Functions
Lecture 2: Understanding Executive Functions
Lecture 3: Executive Functions and Productivity
Lecture 4: Executive Functions and Brain Differences
Lecture 5: Executive Functions and Brain Development
Introduction to Executive Functions Discussion
Word Choices (4:15)
Week 1 - Topic B: Metacognition
Lecture 1: Building Metacognition
Lecture 2: Behavior Assessment
Lecture 3: EF's for Schoolwork
Lecture 4: Accessing Metacognition
Building Metacognition Discussion
Week 1 Quiz
Week 1 Deeper Dive (optional)
Reflection on Kaufman Chapter 1
Week 2 - Topic A: Brain Basics
Week 2 Overview
Lecture 1: Brain Basics
Lecture 2: The Emotional Brain
Lecture 3: Cortex and Neurons
Brain Basics Discussion
Week 2 - Topic B: Development of EF Skills
Lecture 1: Developmental Perspectives on EF Skills
Lecture 2: Prenatal Through Age Two
Lecture 3: Age Three Through Twelve
Lecture 4: Age Thirteen Through Nineteen
Lecture 5: Age Twenty Through Adult
Developmental Perspectives Discussion
Week 2 Quiz
Supplemental Resource: The Effective Teaching Podcast
Week 2 Deeper Dive (optional)
Reflection on Kaufman Chapter 2
Week 3 - Topic A: Supporting Learning
Week 3 Overview
Lecture 1: 'Sound or Picture Brain?'
Lecture 2: Images Support Learning
'Sound or Picture Brain?' Discussion
Week 3 - Topic B: Memory and Learning
Lecture 1: Memory and Learning - Part 1 - Sensory Data
Lecture 2: Memory and Learning: Part 2 - Working Memory
Lecture 3: Memory and Learning: Part 3 - Long-Term Memory
Week 3 - Topic C: Visual Instruction Model
Lecture 4: Instruction Model: "What is Learning?"
Memory and Learning Discussion
Week 3 Quiz
Week 3 Deeper Dive (optional)
Week 3 Questions from How the Brain Learns
Week 4 - Topic A: Learning and Behavior
Week 4 Overview
Lecture 1: Learning and Behavior
Learning and Behavior Discussion
Week 4 - Topic B: How to Ask for Help
Lecture 1: How to Ask for Help
Week 4 - Topic C: Self-Advocacy
Lecture 2: Self-Advocacy Keys to Success
Lecture 3: Self-Advocacy Parent and Teacher Roles
Self-Advocacy Discussion
Week 4 Quiz
Week 4 Deeper Dive (optional)
Read Sousa Chapter 3: Memory, Retention, and Learning
Week 5 - Topic A: Honoring Differences - A Visual Instruction Manual
Week 5 Overview
Lecture 1: Honoring Differences
Honoring Differences Discussion
Week 5 - Topic B: 'Which Train?' - A Visual Instruction Model
Lecture 1: 'Which Train?'
'Which Train?' Discussion
Week 5 - Topic C: Growth Mindset
Carol Dweck's Presentation on Growth Mindset
Supplemental Resource: 4th grade teacher's video on Growth Mindset
Growth Mindset Discussion
Week 5 Quiz
Week 5 Deeper Dive (optional)
Reflection on Kaufman, Chapter 4
Week 6 - Topic A: Time Tools
Week 6 Overview
Lecture 1: Out of Sight
Lecture 2: Analog Clocks
Lecture 3: Timers
Lecture 4: Calendars
Lecture 5: Day Plans
Lecture 6: Whiteboards
Lecture 7: Thoughts on Tools
Time Tools Discussion
Marydee shares her Set Up Success Student Planners (7:55)
Week 6 - Topic B: Self-Control
Lecture 1: Self-Control
Lecture 2: The Marshmallow Test
Lecture 3: Boosting Self-Control
Self-Control Discussion
Week 6 - Topic C: Multitasking and the Brain
Lecture 1: Multitasking and the Brain
Week 6 Quiz
Multitasking Activity Discussion
Week 6 Deeper Dive (optional)
Reflection on Kaufman Chapter 5 and Excerpt from 50 Tips
Supplemental Resource: 4th grade teacher's video on Growth Mindset
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