Why Is This So Hard? Understanding and Supporting Executive Functioning

Join us for the Educator's Roundtable hosted by Newport, Groves Learning (GLO), Prairie Care & Traverse Counseling, a fun and interactive in-person event where school counselor's and professionals receive knowledge and tools to better support students and network with other professionals.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect, learn, and grow with fellow educators this spring season.

Topic: Why is this so hard? Understanding and Supporting Executive Functioning Challenges

Speakers: Meghan Miller, M.S., CCC-SLP, ADHD-CE & Christina Hilton, M.S., CCC-SLP, ADHD-RSP

Description: Executive functioning skills play an important role in students’ success inside and outside of the classroom. This presentation provides an overview of each executive functioning skill, discusses how deficits impact students in academic, social, and other contexts, and reviews resources to support students and families who struggle with executive functioning skills.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to name all executive functioning skills.

• Participants will be able to describe how challenges with executive functioning can impact students in academic, social, and other contexts.

• Participants will be able to identify at least one strategy to support executive functioning challenges at home or in the classroom.

Please note: This event is not a CEU. Certificates of attendance will be provided and may be submitted to your board for CEU credit consideration.