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Executive Function/Dysfunction in Middle School
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Presented by Susan McKenney
Who Should Attend:
Although this event is open to anyone interested in the topic, the target audience is middle school educators who are looking for understanding of executive dysfunction and ways to support instruction for students who exhibit learning behaviors related to that condition.
About the Workshop:
Presented by an experienced middle school educator who has developed and implemented two curriculums for middle school, this workshop will:
- provide an overview of executive functions and elements of executive dysfunction;
- relate metacognition to executive function;
- describe connections between the changing demands of middle school affect students with executive dysfunction, and
- show how various methods of instruction affects the success of students who demonstrate executive dysfunction; and,
- demonstrate strategies that can be embedded into instruction and used right away to benefit students who have executive function challenges.
Outcomes:
As a result of attending, Participants will:
- Identify and interpret warning signs of executive dysfunction
- Understand how the changing demands of middle school can ignite difficulties in academic performance, especially for those students who have difficulties with executive function.
- Recognize that variations in the delivery of instruction may be igniting frustration, unmotivated behavior, lack of effort, and even failure for students with executive dysfunction
- Create goals and lessons that consider grade level expectations in the context of executive function.
- Identify proactive strategies that allow students with executive function challenges greater access to instruction.
Schedule
8:30-9:00 Check-in, Setup, Continental Breakfast
9:00 Introduction, Linking executive function to learning
9:15 Executive Function to Executive Dysfunction: Causes and Warning Signs
10:15 Discovering the link between instruction delivery and Executive Function Struggles
12:00 Working Lunch at SERESC
12:30 Group Work: Setting Expectations for ALL Students
2:45 Wrap-up, feedback, certificates
3:00 Adjourn
About the Presenter
Susan McKenney, M.Ed., worked at Amherst Middle School until spring 2016 and now serves as an individual consultant. Her position in Amherst was a learning specialist with a concentration in the area of executive function. She partnered with her administration to create and structure The Learning Lab, a program to support middle school students who exhibit difficulty with executive function.
In addition to spending eight years as a classroom teacher, Susan spent more than a dozen years as a case manager for middle school students before establishing the executive function program. A founding member of her school’s RTI Team which trained through the NH Department of Education in connection with the National Center for RTI, Susan served as the school’s RTI facilitator, tracking interventions and data for grades 5-8. In order to expand the proactive use of executive function strategies by students, Susan developed two executive function curriculums, one for fifth grade students and the second for sixth grade students, both of which she delivered on a monthly basis. Susan presents to parents, students, and teachers to expand knowledge and understanding of executive function as well as promote the use of strategies with all groups.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Check-in and continental breakfast starts at 8:30 am
Presentation starts at 9:00
Lunch at SERESC
Adjourn: 3:00 pm
Participants will receive a certificate of attendance for 6 contact hours
Cost: $225.00
Early Registration Discounted Cost: $195.00, if registered by, November 29, 2016 ---Enter discount code: early*registration
Registration Ends December 6, 2016
Snow date: December, 15, 2016
SERESC member districts are eligible for discounts. Please contact Sabrina Bryant for your discount code if you are an educator from a SERESC district. sabrina@seresc.net or (603) 206-6800. SERESC member districts are: Auburn - Bedford - Candia - Hampstead - Hooksett - Londonderry - Merrimack - Timberlane - Windham
Registration closes 7 days before event date. To inquire about available seats after this deadline, contactsabrina@seresc.net.
Email: pdservices@seresc.net
Website: www.seresc.net
Location: 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford, NH, United States
Phone: 603-206-6800
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29 Commerce Drive
Bedford, NH 03110
603-206-6800
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Email: pdservices@seresc.net
Website: www.seresc.net
Location: 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford, NH, United States
Phone: 603-206-6800