Kevin Blake – Executive Dysfunction

Executive function deficits are a common problem in children and adolescents. They often have trouble with time management, organization, prioritizing, task management, and self-management.-Regulation and working memory

Kevin Blake – Executive Dysfunction

• Neurobiology Executive Function
  • The Function of the Frontal Lobe
  • The Neurodevelopmental Path of Executive Function all through life
• Executive Function and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)
  • Relationship between AD/HD symptoms Executive Function Difficulties
  • What the Neurobiology Behind AD/HD Causes Executive Function Difficulties
  • Assessing Executive AD/HD users with function
  • Treatment Executive AD/HD can cause function difficulties
    • Medication
    • Cognitive and Behavioral Behavior Techniques
    • COGMED
    • Technological Prosthetics
    • Classroom Management
    • Comorbidity and Sleep Disorders Treatment
• Executive Function and Specific Learning Disorder (SLD).
  • Reading Impairment
  • Dyslexia
    • Neurobiological Problems in:
      • Rapid Automatized Naming
      • Phonological Awareness, Phonological Memory
      • Procedural Memory Difficulties
      • Technological Prosthetics
    • Treatment: Synthetic Multisensory Phonics
    • As well as treatment, there is a possibility of comorbidity with AD/HD or sleep disorders.
  • Comprehension
    • Neurobiological differences that can make it difficult to read and simultaneously visualize what is being read
    • Treatment:
      • SQ4R
      • Medication
      • Lindamood-Bell
      • COGMED
      • Speech-Language Pathology
      • Comorbidity of AD/HD and/or Dyslexia
• Executive Function and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
  • What the Relationship between ASD Symptoms and Other Conditions Executive Function Difficulties
  • How ASD Neurobiology relates to Executive Difficulties in Function
  • AD/HD with high levels of comorbidity
  • Alexithymia
    • Emotional and Neurobiology
    • Working Memory
      • Mirror Neurons & Medial Prefrontal Lobe
      • Relation to AD/HD
      • Hormones & Social Interaction
    • Treatment
      • Medication
      • COGMED
      • Mirror Neuron Training
      • Therapy and service dogs
• Strategies to teach time management and personal organization “Neurotypicals”
  • Time Management Techniques
  • Personal Organization Techniques
  • What helps working memory and what hurts it? Study skills
  • How to coordinate treatment with professionals who can help

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Proven strategies, skill building and treatment interventions for the child/adolescent who…

• Does she have trouble organizing her home and school?
• Can’t comprehend or recall directions
• Monitors behavior with difficulty
• Inconsistency in behavior day to day
• Lacks time management skills
• Can’t finish homework or projects

Executive function deficits are a common problem in children and adolescents. They often have trouble with time management, organization, prioritizing, task management, and self-management.-regulation and working memory. You can also add ADHD, specific learning disorders, autism spectrum disorder and the common co-morbidities of these disorders, executive functions are specifically impaired and these children are often at risk for academic underachievement and socialization/behavioral difficulties.

This recording is with Dr. Kevin BlakeFind out proven evidence by, an expert in executive function-You can use evidence-based strategies to help these adolescents and children reach their full academic potential. You will discover how to adapt treatment to the child’s developmental age as well as how to design strategies for the classroom and home that will include more reinforcement, stronger external consequences, and behavior modification. You will also learn about technology that can help you with time management, memory, and note taking. Additionally, you will be confident teaching social interaction in the classroom. You will never again see your child get upset when they move from one activity to another.