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Deficits Wilkins SA amp Burmeister C to be published summer 2014 FLIPP the Switch Powerful Strategies to Strengthen Executive Function Skills Mission KS Autism Asperger Publishing Company ID: 476090

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Supporting Students with Executive Function Deficits

Wilkins, S.A. & Burmeister, C. (to be published summer 2014). FLIPP the Switch: Powerful Strategies to Strengthen Executive Function Skills. Mission, KS: Autism Asperger Publishing Company

Sheri A. Wilkins, Ph.D

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Outline

What is Executive Function?Main componentsEF DeficitsEF in specific disabilitiesFive strategies for five componentsSlide3
What is Executive Function?Slide4

Components of EFFLIPPSlide5
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What do EF Challenges Look Like?Slide7

Disabilities with EF DeficitsSlide8

What’s the Problem?Slide9

FlexibilityThe ability to change your mind and make changes to your plans as neededSlide10

Resists change in routineExperiences difficulty making transitionsHas difficulty shifting topic/activityDemonstrates concrete thought processes

Sees only one solution to a problemHas difficulty coping with unseen eventsProblems with FlexibilitySlide11

Flexibility Tools

Visual ScalesWait CardCountdown TimerPower Card

Situational Expectation NarrativeSlide12

FLEXIBILITY:Visual Scales

1 2 3 4 5Slide13

Leveled EmotionalityT

he ability to emotionally self-regulate when things don’t go your waySlide14

Extreme reactions to seemingly minor eventsLow tolerance for frustrationDifficulty tolerating mistakesBehavioral outbursts

Poor coping strategiesProblems withLeveled EmotionalitySlide15

Leveled Emotionality Tools

Choice CardsI Can Calm MyselfBreak and Help Cards

Chunking

Social Stories™Slide16

LEVELED EMOTIONALITY: I Can Calm Myself

From

S’Cool

Moves, Wilson, D. Slide17

Impulse ControlThe ability to control your impulses, such as waiting to speak until called uponSlide18

Does not self-monitorInterrupts othersDoes not consider consequences before actingUnaware of how his/her actions affect others

Difficulty focusing attention on what is relevantProblems

with Impulse

ControlSlide19

Impulse Control Tools

Positive Behavior Interventions and SupportsReminder CardsReinforcement SystemsSocial Autopsy

Cognitive ScriptsSlide20

IMPULSE CONTROL:Reinforcement Slide21

PlanningThe ability to make plans and keep track of time so that work is finished on timeSlide22

Difficulty completing long-term projects Difficulty estimating time needed for task completionHas a disorganized binder/backpack/desk/locker Does not bring necessary materials to class or home

Does not turn in completed homeworkDifficulty organizing thoughts

Problems with PlanningSlide23

Planning Tools

First-Then BoardsVideo ModelingMaster Binder SystemContingency Mapping

Project MappingSlide24

PLANNING:First/ThenSlide25

Problem SolvingThe ability to keep track of many things at one time and to ask for help or get more information when neededSlide26

Difficulty with tasks that require more than one stepLoses place in sequence when interruptedDifficulty keeping track of assignments and expectations of multiple teachersDifficulty generalizing skills and knowledge to other situations and environments

Problems withProblem SolvingSlide27

Problem Solving Tools

Work SystemsChecklistsTask AnalysisPriming

Meta-Cognitive Problem-SolvingSlide28

PROBLEM SOLVING:Meta-Cognitive Problem-Solving (MCPS)

Adapted from Collaborative Problem Solving, Massachusetts General Hospital.Slide29

SummaryWhat is Executive Function?Main componentsEF Deficits

EF in specific disabilitiesFive strategies for five componentsSlide30

For copies of this presentation and to receive more information:http://www.inedsolutions.comSlide31

To register for a full-day training on this content:

FLIPP the Switch: Powerful Strategies to Strengthen Executive Function Skills in the Common Core ClassroomRiverside County Office of EducationMarch 4, 2014