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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What is Executive Function?Main componentsEF DeficitsEF in specific disabilitiesFive strategies for five componentsSlide3What is Executive Function?Slide4
Components of EFFLIPPSlide5Slide6
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
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FLIPP the Switch: Powerful Strategies to Strengthen Executive Function Skills in the Common Core ClassroomRiverside County Office of EducationMarch 4, 2014