Executive Function (EF) skills such as working memory, flexible thinking, planning, organizing, self-monitoring, impulse control, prioritizing, task initiation, time management, metacognition, and sustained attention are essential for student success across all domains. This event aims to empower all team members to support the development of these essential life skills through their existing work with students. Participants will walk away with a toolkit of strategies to integrate EF growth within their work with students.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand and Identify EF Skills in Action
- Integrate EF skill-building into daily practice
- Collaborate and Communicate Effectively Around EF Support
About your presenter, Jennifer Dutton, OTR/L:
As a school-based occupational therapist for 25 years, Jennifer Dutton, OTR/L, brings her experience and expertise to focus on the whole child. Supporting students as an executive function coach, she develops a personalized plan with families and the student based on the child's unique experiences, abilities, and environment to develop executive function skills.
