Executive Functioning and Organization Skills for Individuals with DD
Executive Functioning and Organization Skills for Individuals with DD
Mon, Feb 13, 2023 5:30 PM EST (-05:00)
$10
Actions Panel
PEPSA: Building Essential Executive Functioning Skills
This is a pre-recorded event. Once registered, you will receive an email to view the presentation and download the slides.
By FAU CARD
When and where
Date and time
Location
Online
About this event
Building Essential Executive Functioning Skills for Success at School and Home for Autistic Adolescents
Presented by: Dr. Amie Duncan
Hosted by: FAU CARD
Participants: educators
This presentation will focus on how challenges with executive functioning (e.g., organization, planning, prioritizing, managing time, initiating tasks) may impact the success of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at both school and home. Evidence-based strategies to increase academic success at school and daily living skills at home will be discussed in detail.
Participants will be able to:
o Define executive functioning and understand how it affects individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
o Understand the link between executive functioning and academic success
o Understand the link between executive functioning and daily living skills
o Develop a plan to target specific academic executive functioning skills to increase success at school
o Develop a plan to build daily living skills by utilizing strategies that address executive functioning challenges
About the Presenter
Dr. Duncan is a clinical psychologist in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She has been working with children, adolescents, and young adults with autism for 20 years. Dr. Duncan specializes in helping autistic adolescents develop the necessary skills to make a successful transition to the adult world in the areas of employment, college, independent living and community participation. Her main area of research focuses on developing and evaluating an intervention that targets daily living skills such as hygiene, cooking, laundry, and money management skills in autistic adolescents. She also has developed an intervention targeting executive functioning skills such as organization, planning, and prioritizing for adolescents with autism in both the school and clinic settings. She currently has funding through the Department of Defense, NICHD, and the Department of Education.