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Session 1: Executive Skills: The BIG Differences Between Classroom and Virtual Learning
You’ll learn the executive skills that underlie school success, how virtual classrooms and hybrid models do not provide the same support that in-person learning does, and what steps need to be taken to increase the effectiveness of virtual learning.
Session 2: Strategies to Improve Executive Skills for Navigating Classroom, Remote, and Hybrid Learning
You’ll learn teacher strategies to be use with in-person, remote, or hybrid learning models to help children strengthen these skills in whatever setting learning is taking place.
Session 3: Coaching Strategies to Help Students Manage Time/Tasks, Avoid Distractions/Temptations, and Develop Good Study Habits
You’ll learn coaching strategies to help students learn how to manage time and tasks, avoid distractions and temptations, develop good study habits and achieve goals.
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Executive Function Virtual Conference (3.2 MB) | 82 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Instructions for ASHA credit - Self-Study Only (64.4 KB) | Available after Purchase |
Peg Dawson, EdD, NCSP, is a school psychologist and for over 20 years has worked at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she specializes in the assessment of children and adults with learning and attention disorders. She is co-author of the best-selling books on executive dysfunction, Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: 2nd Edition (Guilford, 2010), Smart but Scattered (Guilford, 2009) and Smart but Scattered Teens (Guilford, 2013).
Peg is a past editor of Communiqué, the newsletter of the National Association of School Psychologists, and has published numerous articles and book chapters on a variety of topics, including retention, ability grouping, reading disorders, attention disorders, the sleep problems of adolescents, the use of interviews in the assessment process and homework.
Peg has many years of organizational experience at the state, national and international levels and served in many capacities, including president of the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and the International School Psychology Association. She has also participated in many of NASP’s leadership initiatives, including the Futures Conference and development of both the second and third Blueprint for the Training and Practice of School Psychology. She is the 2006 recipient of NASP’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Peg received her doctorate in school/child clinical psychology from the University of Virginia.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Margaret (Peg) Dawson receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. Peg Dawson is a published author and receives royalties. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Margaret (Peg) Dawson has no relevant non-financial relationships.
Quick Overview of EF
Supports for Executive Skills Provided in Traditional Classrooms
How to Improve Distance/Hybrid Learning to Better Support Students with Weak Executive Skills
Strategies for Supporting Students with Weak/Immature Executive Skills
Critical Components of the Coaching Process
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