- Does your child have difficulty getting organized?
- Is his approach to tasks haphazard?
- Does she forget to bring books and homework home?
- Does he have difficulty remembering important information?
This workshop will provide parents, teachers and other professionals with an understanding of executive functioning and how to help children who have weak executive skills.
Executive Functioning is an umbrella term for the mental processes that serve a supervisory role in thinking or behavior. Individuals with autism spectrum disorders, attention disorders and learning disabilities have trouble with planning, have weak ability to monitor their own behavior and performance and struggle with situations where they must shift flexibly from one thought or behavior to another. We can help these young people by creating plans that include both short term support for daily success and long term strategies that facilitate the development of executive skills and build greater independence over time.
First we will focus on what research tells us about executive functioning. We will use that information to consider practical principles of intervention, and then we will apply these to intervention planning and to creating an “EF Smart” environment. Participants will have the opportunity to consider the needs of an individual child and to create an intervention plan over the course of the day. There will be ample time for questions and discussion.
April 5, 2019 | 8:30am to 4pm
Sauk Valley Community College | Cafeteria | 173 IL Rt 2, Dixon, IL
Cost for Teachers and Professionals: $95 • Lunch and 6 hours of Continuing Education Credits* is included.
Cost for Consumers and Family Members: $40 • Lunch and 6 hours of Continuing Education Credits* is included.
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Florissa is providing a free, modified session of “Why Can’t My Child Get Organized?”
This session is a modified version of the Friday, April 5th training — designed for parents and caregivers. Learn what you can do to help children build better executive skills and provide support for executive weaknesses. Light refreshment will be provided.
April 4, 2019 | 6:00pm to 8pm
Sauk Valley Community College | Cafeteria | 173 IL Rt 2, Dixon, IL
Cost: Free**
**If you need 1.5 hours of Continuing Education credits for attending the free April 4th evening session, there will be a charge of $10.00 per person.
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Your training presenter is Joyce Cooper-Kahn, Ph.D.
Joyce Cooper-Kahn, Ph.D., is a clinical child psychologist with specific expertise in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with executive functioning deficits. She is the author of two books on executive functioning: Late, Lost and Unprepared: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning (Woodbine House, 2008) written with co-author Dr. Laurie Dietzel, and Boosting Executive Skills in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Educators, written with Margaret Foster, M.A. (Jossey-Bass, 2013). She is a frequent speaker both in the United States and abroad.
In her work, Dr. Cooper-Kahn brings together science, clinical experience, and an appreciation for the daily demands of those raising and teaching children. Her passion lies at this junction: where psychology informs daily life. For over 25 years, she has specialized in helping children, families and schools manage the full range of developmental challenges affecting children.
*Continuing Education Credits: The registration fee for the April 5th training includes 6 hours of CE Credits for ISBE and DHS: Educators, LCPC, LPC, LCSW, LSW, NHA, PT, PTA, OT, OTA, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, RN, LPN, APN, and QIDP.
**If you need 1.5 hours of Continuing Education credits for attending the April 4th evening session, there will be a charge of $10.00 per person.
Secure Online Registration with GetMeRegistered.com for either or both of these informative presentations: “Florissa Presents Training on Executive Functioning”
Printable 8.5 x 11 Brochure with Registration Form: Executive Functioning with Joyce Cooper-Kahn Brochure
