Tools to Support Executive Functions

Karen Janowski

Karen.janowski@gmail.com

Executive Function (EF)

involves activating, orchestrating, monitoring, evaluating and adapting different strategies to

accomplish different tasks.

Plan

Plan

Strategize

Plan B

Reflect

http://bit.ly/atiaPD (A – L)

http://bit.ly/atiaPD1 (M – N)

What strategies are we currently using with our studentswith executive function challenges?

Guiding Principles

Teach Strategies

Mistake tolerant

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/285112924/

Reduce cognitive overload

Toolbelt Theory (Ira Socol)

Paperless

What Does that Look like?

Promote Independence

Flexible, Easy to Use

Reduce learned helplessness

What are your Guiding Principles?

Alternatives to the Assignment Notebook – Let’s get Digital!

Vocaroo

Audacity

VoiceThread

Livescribe SmartPen

HW online proactively

Tools

Alternatives to the Checklist Organizer

PBL Checklist for Teachers

Tools

Alternatives

bit.ly/ATIAEF2

Tools

Become an Architect for Change

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Thank you!

Karen.janowski@gmail.com

Lighthouse - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/3899744510

Mistake - http://www.getentrepreneurial.com/images/franchise-mistakes.jpg

Neon Head - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dierkschaefer/2961565820/

Wastebasket - http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=wastebasket&l=4&z=e

Student against wall - http://www.flickr.com/photos/aegishjalmur/2288932018

Chessboard - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshan427/2331162310/Plan B http://www.flickr.com/photos/mringlein/1403246089/

Large Chessboard http://www.flickr.com/photos/rusworks/84248875/

Watches http://www.flickr.com/photos/martyn/312870142/

Start button - http://www.123rf.com/photo_3995846_start-button-over-white-concept-of-begin-go-initiate-etc.html

Shift - http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/04/idsa_northeast_district_c.html Disorganization - http://bit.ly/eYtsMG