Peg Dawson – Smart But Scattered, Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School

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Peg Dawson – Smart But Scattered, Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School

Proven Strategies to Boost Any Child’s Ability to…

• Get organized
• Resist the urges
• Stay focused
• Time is precious.
• Plan ahead
• Manage your emotions
• Keep at it!
• Enhance memory

Features Peg Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP, The most respected expert in executive dysfunction assessment and Intervention strategies co-The best author-Selling books Executive Skills for Children and Adolescents, 2nd Ed. and Smart However, it is scattered

Children with low executive skills may have difficulty starting tasks, become distracted easily, lose papers, or have to complete assignments. and Do not forget to submit homework. They forget to submit their homework. and There is no sense of urgency in time. Organization is not a priority in workspaces and Teachers often refer to their backpacks and lockers as “their backpacks” “black holes.” These children are often considered chronic underachievers. at Academic failure and emotional failure can be a risk and behavioral difficulties.

Dr. Dawson?, co-The best author-Selling books Executive Skills for Children and Adolescents, 2nd Ed. (Guilford, 2010) and Smart However, it is scattered Guilford, 2009 uses case examples with interactive discussion to illustrate how executive skills are manifested in everyday life and school activities. These skills can be assessed. and Take home evidence-Children can be helped by evidence-based strategies and Executive skills are a skill that adolescents can overcome.

You will be armed with tools to help you develop skills through cognitive/behavioral strategies, and task/environmental modifications. and Incentives systems. Teachers will be able give you incentives. and Parents can help their children grow. and The following can be improved:

• Organization
• Time Management
• Impulse control
• Ziel-Directed persistence
• For independent functioning, executive skills are crucial

1. Examine the relationship between executive skills and brain development/ function.
2. Demonstrate how children learn executive skills throughout childhood and adolescence.
3. Executive dysfunction is identified using the Critique Assessment Tools.
4. Learn how executive skills can impact performance and Everyday living at home and school.
5. You can modify the environment with strategies to lessen the impact of low executive skills.
6. In the context of performance expectations at school and home, develop tools to increase specific executive skills.
7. Create intervention strategies that are specific to each child’s needs and adolescents.

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• Executive Skills
  • Theory underpinning
  • Executive Skills within the context of brain function and Child development
• Assessment of Executive Skills
  • Parent/teacher/student interviews
  • Scales of behavior rating
  • Observations
  • Informal assessment
  • Formal assessment
• Intervention Strategies
  • Low executive skills can be reduced by making environmental modifications
  • Strategies to teach children how to improve their executive functioning
  • To encourage or practice difficult skills, use incentives
• Keys to Effective Intervention Planning
  • Match the child’s developmental level
  • Use the child’s innate drive for mastery and Control
  • Start with environmental modifications
  • Effortful tasks and They can be made easier
  • To enhance instruction, use incentives
  • Assist as little as possible
  • Get support and Interventions until the child is able to mastery or succeed
  • Oversight and gradual loss of support and Incentive
• Coaching: A powerful strategy for building a business Executive Skills
  • Description of 2-Stage process
  • Coaching younger children
  • Examples of clinical cases
  • Studies supporting the effectiveness of coaching