Pre-Conference Workshop
Executive Functioning: What's the Support?
Participants will learn about how the brain works and how we can adjust to meet students where they are. Executive functioning is the ability to organize cognitive processes. This includes the ability to plan, prioritize, stop and start activities, shift from one activity to another activity, and monitor one’s behavior. It affects everything we do, so when a student has differences in these processes it can cause a barrier to their access, engagement, and progress in their education. During this learning event, we will focus on how to support versus “fix” these differences to support students being the best them they can be.
Objectives:
- Gain a basic understanding of processing
- Moving from “fix” methods to supportive methods
- Expanding participant's knowledge of strategies to support executive functioning differences
Resources: https://snswi.com/EX
Facilitated by Katie Berg
Katie Berg, MA Ed., Supporting Neurodiverse Students Statewide Coordinator
Katie has been supporting students for more than 20 years. In the private sector, public education, and statewide through an IDEA Discretionary Grant her experiences include providing one on one therapy, classroom teaching, administration, resource brokering, consulting, coaching, along with district and statewide training. Katie has experience working with unique neurodiverse learners focusing on the social and emotional skills that help students and educators support behaviors that are challenging to adults.
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Registration Fees for Pre-conference Workshop
Executive Functioning: What's the Support?
Morning (9 a.m. - noon)
Individual - Early Bird Fee: $59; Standard Fee: $79
Student: $49
The registration deadline is February 20.
Cancellation Policy: If you cancel up to 3 days in advance of the event, you will receive a 100% refund minus a $25 administrative fee. If you cancel less than 3 days in advance of the event, you will not receive a refund.
Conference Sponsors
The School District of South Milwaukee in partnership with Alverno College and WCEP
