Lazy? Unmotivated? Or is it weak Executive Functioning?
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Lazy is often a word used to describe students, especially those at the middle or high school levels. Are our students lazy and unmotivated, or, could they have weaknesses in their executive functioning skills? In this session, you will be introduced to executive functioning skills (EF), learn why they are so crucial, see how EF and ADHD are related and determine how you can help all of your students improve their EF skills. This workshop is based on the work done by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare, the authors of Smart But Scattered.
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Lazy? Unmotivated? Or is it weak Executive Functioning?
- 2. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Lazy? Unmotivated? Or is it weak Executive Functioning? Lori Boll
- 3. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Today’s Take-aways • Define how we think about our students • Learn about executive functioning skills • Figure out how to support our students in the classroom
- 4. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll You can find this presentation here:
- 5. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Executive Functioning
- 6. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll "The Teen Brain Is A Work In Progress | Inside The Teenage Brain | FRONTLINE | PBS." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/work/>. Teenage Brain
- 7. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll “Kids do well if they want to.” “Kids do well if they can.” OR
- 9. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll “Kids do well if they want to.” “Kids do well if they can.” OR
- 10. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll "The Teen Brain Is A Work In Progress | Inside The Teenage Brain | FRONTLINE | PBS." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/work/>. What emotion is this woman feeling?
- 11. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll you are your child’s frontal lobes you tell them when to eat, get dressed, how to organize their lives. exploring figuring out the world they don’t know what will happen but you can help them understand
- 12. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll put their head in the bucket to be funny no thought about what could be in there impulsive
- 13. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll scattered? disorganized? impulsive? frustrating!? How could such a smart kid be so what are some other words you would use to describe teenagers?
- 16. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll “Talk amongst yourselves…”
- 17. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Executive Skills: The brain-based skills that are required for humans to execute, or perform tasks. Taylor, A. (2013). Executive dysfunction after brain injury. Retrieved from https://www.headway.org.uk/ executive-dysfunction-after-brain-injury.aspx The Brain’s CEO Still maturing Doesn’t fully develop until age 25 You are your child’s frontal lobes frontal lobes As they mature you expect them to as well
- 18. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Executive Skills: The brain-based skills that are required for humans to execute, or perform tasks. Taylor, A. (2013). Executive dysfunction after brain injury. Retrieved from https://www.headway.org.uk/ executive-dysfunction-after-brain-injury.aspx The “CEO”
- 19. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll "The Teen Brain Is A Work In Progress | Inside The Teenage Brain | FRONTLINE | PBS." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/work/>. What emotion do you think teens believe she is showing?
- 20. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll "The Teen Brain Is A Work In Progress | Inside The Teenage Brain | FRONTLINE | PBS." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/work/>.
- 21. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Executive Skills • Response Inhibition • Emotional Control • Sustained Attention • Task Initiation • Goal-directed Persistence • Organization • Time Management • Planning/Prioritizing • Working Memory • Metacognition
- 22. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Executive Skills Involving Doing (behavior) • Response Inhibition • Emotional Control • Sustained Attention • Task Initiation • Goal-directed Persistence • Organization • Time Management • Planning/Prioritizing • Working Memory • Metacognition
- 23. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Executive Skills Involving Thinking (Cognition) • Response Inhibition • Emotional Control • Sustained Attention • Task Initiation • Goal-directed Persistence • Organization • Time Management • Planning/Prioritizing • Working Memory • Metacognition
- 25. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Let’s figure out your EF strengths/challenges
- 27. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Response Inhibition Working Memory
- 28. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll So what? What do we do with kids whose CEO’s aren’t functioning like we want them to?
- 29. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll We lend them
- 30. Why does disorganization rear it’s ugly head in Middle School?
- 31. Elementary vs. Middle • Organized • One classroom • Everything you need is inside the room • Transition as a class • Teacher manages your world • More unstructured • Multiple classes • Locker • Go places individually • You manage your world
- 32. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll School & Class Support • Whole school “buy-in” • Make things visual • Scaffold • Use Planners • Help with Locker/ Cubby/Desk Organization • Teach study skills • Use technology
- 34. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll International School Manila, 6th grade classroom
- 36. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll 3rd grade lesson plan
- 37. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll What could make this better for children with difficulties with Executive Functioning?
- 38. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Scaffolding • Breaking up learning into chunks • Then providing a tool or structure for each chunk • Scaffolding is DIFFERENT than differentiation • Scaffolding should be done for all children • Take “They should be able to do this” out of your vocabulary.
- 39. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Champ, Birdie. "Zone of Proximal Development." Birdie Champ: Thoughts on Education. N.p., 1 Mar. 2010. Web. 6 May 2012. <birdiechamp.files.wordpress.com/ 2010/03/vygotsky-levels-flat-copy.jpg>.
- 43. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll It’s like an elaborate game of Jenga every time a student needs to get something out of there
- 44. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Locker Organization • Language Arts- Black • Math- Red • Social Studies- Green • Science- Blue • Mandarin- Pink Color- code by subject Provide dividers or shelves Periodic locker checks
- 47. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Introduce the concept of work-sprints
- 48. LoriBoll.me | @LoriBoll Small Groups https://goo.gl/ii5MzX