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Teaching and Accommodating Executive Functioning Skills Across the Lifespan
Friday, July 15, 2016: 3:00 PM-4:15 PM
Studio 9 (New Orleans Marriott)
An often overlooked difficulty in people on the Autism Spectrum, Executive Functioning can create huge hurdles for children and adults alike. Learn how to identify Executive Functioning difficulties; create and evaluate plans to target barriers; and using high tech and low tech solutions, design individualized accommodations.
I. Identify barriers in Executive Functioning
- Learn the 8 areas of executive functioning: inhibition, shift, emotional control, initiation, working memory, planning, organization of materials and self monitoring.
- Understand how barriers can overlap or be masked by strengths in children and adults on the Autism Spectrum
II. Create plans to target Executive Functioning skills
- Breakdown each critical skill into teachable chunks from early elementary age into adulthood
- Create processes that can be applied across domains
- Evaluate effectiveness through data collection and input from the individual
III. Design accommodations using high tech and low tech devices
- Explore a variety of materials and devices that can be used to accommodate areas where people on the spectrum may struggle to learn effective executive functioning skills
- Instruction provided on how to set up and evaluate a system of delivery that may help people on the autism spectrum navigate their lives more independently
Learning Objectives:
- Identify Executive Functioning barriers in persons on the Autism Spectrum
- Create and evaluate plans to target critical Executive Functioning skills
- Design accommodations using high tech and low tech devices
Track: Lifespan 3 - Transition
Content Area: Self-Determination and Independence
Presenter:
Melody Latimer
Mrs. Latimer is an autistic self-advocate and mom to two autistic boys. She is a previous employee of a national Autistic advocacy organization. When not parenting her children, she writes extensively about critical life skills adults and children on the spectrum struggle with that are generally overlooked by professionals.