Margaret Dawson – Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School: Smart but Scattered

Margaret Dawson – Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School: Smart but ScatteredFaculty:Margaret DawsonDuration:6 Hours 25 MinutesFormat:Audio and VideoCopyright:Feb 26, 2020DescriptionManual – Executive Dysfunction at Home and at School (3.02 MB)59 PagesAvailable after PurchaseIllinois Educators Self-study Instructions (28.5 KB)Available after PurchaseIllinois Educators Evaluation Form (1.2 MB)Available after PurchaseOutlineExecutive SkillsUnderlying theoryExecutive skills in the context of brain function and child developmentLimitations of the research and potential risksAssessment of Executive SkillsParent/teacher/student interviewsBehavior rating scalesObservationsInformal assessmentFormal assessmentIntervention StrategiesEnvironmental modifications to reduce the impact of weak executive skillsTeaching strategies to help children develop/improve executive functioningUsing incentives to help practice or use skills that are difficultKeys to Effective Intervention DesignMatch the child’s developmental levelUse the child’s innate drive for mastery and controlBegin with environmental modificationsEffortful tasks and ways to make them less difficultUse incentives to augment instructionProvide the minimum support necessaryApply supports and interventions until the child achieves mastery or successGradually fade supports, supervision, and incentivesCoaching: An Effective Strategy for Building Executive SkillsDescription of 2-stage processCoaching with younger childrenClinical case examplesResearch studies supporting the efficacy of coachingFacultyMargaret Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP Related seminars and products: 11Peg Dawson, Ed.D., NCSP, is a school psychologist and for over 20 years has worked at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she specializes in the assessment of children and adults with learning and attention disorders. She is co-author of the bestselling books on executive dysfunction, Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: 2nd Edition (Guilford, 2010), Smart but Scattered (Guilford, 2009) and Smart but Scattered Teens (Guilford, 2013).Peg is a past editor of Communiqué, the newsletter of the National Association of School Psychologists, and has published numerous articles and book chapters on a variety of topics, including retention, ability grouping, reading disorders, attention disorders, the sleep problems of adolescents, the use of interviews in the assessment process, and homework.Peg has many years of organizational experience at the state, national and international levels and served in many capacities, including president of the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and the International School Psychology Association.She has also participated in many of NASP’s leadership initiatives, including the Futures Conference and the development of both the second and third Blueprint for the Training and Practice of School Psychology. She is the 2006 recipient of NASP’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Peg received her doctorate in school/child clinical psychology from the University of Virginia.Speaker Disclosures: Financial: Margaret (Peg) Dawson is an author for Guilford Press and receives royalties. She is an author for Amacon publishers and receives royalties. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.Non-financial: Margaret (Peg) Dawson has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.