Executive functioning skills of children preschool-aged through young adulthood are defined and their development and importance during the school years is described in this course. Strategies to target executive functioning skills from an interdisciplinary perspective are also discussed.
Course created on November 1, 2022
- After this course, participants will be able to define executive functioning.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the importance of executive functioning across school-aged years.
- After this course, participants will be able to list interdisciplinary intervention strategies that can be used to target executive functioning skills in children.
|5-10 Minutes||Defining executive functioning|
|10-20 Minutes||Development of executive functioning|
|20-40 Minutes||Importance of executive functioning in specific disciplines|
|40-60 Minutes||Role of executive functioning across preschool, K-12, and higher education|
|60-85 Minutes||Collaboration and intervention for executive functioning across preschool, K-12, and higher education|
|85-90 Minutes||Summary, Q&A|
Dr. Katrina Fulcher-Rood CCC-SLP is an associate professor at SUNY Buffalo State College. Her research examines the diagnostic decision-making practices of school-based speech-language pathologists. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in assessment, augmentative and alternative communication, and school-based issues.
Dr. Pamela Schuetze is a developmental psychologist in the department of psychology at SUNY Buffalo State and the coordinator of the Child Advocacy Studies Training (CAST) program. She regularly teaches courses on child development, maltreatment and advocacy. She has published extensively on the role of early risk for child outcomes, regularly presents at regional, national and international conferences, and has been recognized for both her teaching and scholarship with the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creativity and the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dr. Kathy Doody is a professor at SUNY Buffalo State’s Exceptional Education department, preparing candidates to become special education teachers. Her area of interest is autism spectrum disorder, including how individuals on the spectrum communicate, behave, think, and learn. Dr. Doody previously worked as a special education teacher for nearly 15 years teaching individuals on the autism spectrum. She currently implements several community-based grants intended to create recreational activities that are accessible for individuals on the spectrum and their families. She has two children: a daughter with typical development and a son on the autism spectrum.
Pamela Schuetze - Financial: Pamela Schuetze was paid an honorarium for this presentation. Nonfinancial: No relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Kathy Doody - Financial: Kathy Doody was paid an honorarium for this presentation. Nonfinancial: No relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
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