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Building Executive Functioning Skills in the Classroom: Summer 2023
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
How to Navigate within the Online Classroom
A Word About Copyright
Week 1: Welcome!
Introductions
Supplemental Resources
Resources for Younger Students
Video for Middle School Students about the Brain
Instruments to Assess Executive Function Skills
ADDitude Article Highlighting Issues Specific to BIPOC Population
Verbal to Visual - Taking Visual Notes
Information on Neuroscience Related to Education
From Children's Health Council: Information on Helping Students Cope with Traumatic Events
Article on Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn
Recommended Further Reading (after course completion)
Live Q & A session on Thursday July 13 & Friday August 11 at 9am Pacific Time
Recording of Live Q&A Session July 13, 2023 (73:11)
Recording of Live Q&A Session August 11, 2023 (62:33)
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
Supplemental resource: "Unteachable" short film
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
Week 7 - Topic A: Seeing the Week
Week 7 Overview
Lecture 1: Seeing Time
Lecture 2: Your Week
Lecture 3: Homework Time
Lecture 4: Open Time
Lecture 5: After School Time
Lecture 6: Summary of Seeing the Week
Seeing Time Discussion
Marydee discusses Set Up Success Student Planners (7:55)
Week 7 - Topic B: Processing Speed
Lecture 1: Processing Speed
Lecture 2: What We Do Know About Processing Speed
Lecture 3: The Three A's for Processing Speed
Processing Speed Discussion
Week 7 - Topic C: The Dopamine Reward System
Lecture 1: Dopamine Reward System
Dopamine Reward System Discussion
Week 7 Quiz
Week 7 Deeper Dive (optional)
Read and Reflect: The Second Truth of Time
Week 8 - Topic A: Drawing Assignments
Week 8 Overview
Lecture 1: Drawing Assignments
Drawing an Assignment Discussion
Week 8 - Topic B: Meeting Project Deadlines
Lecture 1: Meeting Project Deadlines
Lecture 2: Time for Projects
Meeting Project Deadlines Discussion
Week 8 Quiz
Week 8 Deeper Dive (optional)
Reflection on Unit 4 from the Seeing My Time Instructor's Manual- Supporting Working Memory with Future Thinking
Week 9 - Topic A: Paper Management
Week 9 Overview
Handle Paper
Organized Binders
Paper Organization Discussion
Week 9 - Topic B: Sleep and the Brain
Sleep and Your Brain
Sleep and the Brain Discussion
Week 9 - Topic C: Motivation and Future Thinking
Motivation and Future Thinking
Motivation and Future thinking Discussion
Week 9 Quiz
Week 9 Deeper Dive (optional)
Reflection on Kaufman, Chapter Nine
Week 10 - Topic A: Science of Learning
Week 10 Overview
Sustaining Learning: Part 1
Sustaining Learning: Part 2
The Science of Learning Discussion
Week 10 - Topic B: Behavior Change
Behavior Change
Behavior Change Discussion
Week 10 Quiz
Week 10 - Topic C: Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Evaluation Questionnaire
Call for Help! (3:13)
Receiving your Certificate of Completion
Additional Courses from Executive Functioning Success
Lecture 5: After School Time
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