Executive Functioning & The Science of Motivation

About the Course
What do students need to be successful at school? Executive Functions (EF) lay the foundation for the development of critical life skills throughout one’s life. For students, these skills are necessary for learning, dealing with peer pressure & conflict, problem-solving, handling emotions, setting goals and so much more. Through this course, participants will learn how executive function skills and motivation form through brain development, define what EF skills are, and understand their importance. This course will also look at some common disorders seen in schools that can impact EF (ex. ADHD, ASD, Anxiety) as more students are needing EF supports through IEPs, 504s and ALPs.
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Differentiate between executive function and self-regulation.
- Analyze how executive function skills develop and how they are used.
- Identify executive functioning needs.
- Compare & contrast executive functioning amongst neurotypical and neuroatypical youth.
- Design systems, structures, and interventions to support the development of executive functioning and motivation.
Reviews
Brandin Becher
I found this course to be fascinating! I had no idea about what I didn't know of executive functioning until going through this class. It made a lot of sense about what I see in my students and why I see it. Heather gave good feedback and the participants that I interacted with all had really great things to say. I would recommend this course to others for sure.
Kris Diamond
This is a great course for diving deeper into understand executive functioning and how it develops throughout childhood. All of the assignments were valuable and applicable to my classroom.
Colleen Erdman
Very helpful and interesting class. I think all teachers should take this class!
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