Promoting Executive Function in the Classroom
Promoting Executive Function in the Classroom

Author: Lynn Meltzer

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2010-03-23

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1606236164

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Accessible and practical, this book helps teachers incorporate executive function processes - such as planning, organizing, prioritizing, and self-checking - into the classroom curriculum. Chapters provide effective strategies for optimizing what Ka "12 students learn by improving how they learn. Noted authority Lynn Meltzer and her research associates present a wealth of easy-to-implement assessment tools, teaching techniques and activities, and planning aids. Featuring numerous whole-class ideas and suggestions, the book also covers the nuts and bolts of differentiating instruction for students with learning or attention difficulties. Case examples illustrate individualized teaching strategies and classroom accommodations. Fifteen reproducibles are included; the large-size format facilitates photocopying and day-to-day reference. This book will be invaluable to classroom teachers and special educators in grades K-12, teacher educators, school psychologists, and neuropsychologists.

Executive Function in the Classroom
Executive Function in the Classroom

Author: Christopher Kaufman

Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781598570946

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A practical guide for K-12 teachers to enhancing executive function skills for all students, with and without learning disabilities.

Executive Function in Education, Second Edition
Executive Function in Education, Second Edition

Author: Lynn Meltzer

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2018-02-19

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1462534554

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This groundbreaking volume, now revised and updated, has given thousands of educators and clinicians a deeper understanding of executive function (EF) processes in typically developing children and those with learning difficulties and developmental disabilities. The book elucidates how PreK?12 students develop such key capacities as goal setting, organization, cognitive flexibility, working memory, and self-monitoring. Leading experts in education, neuroscience, and psychology explore the links between EF and academic performance and present practical applications for assessment and instruction. Exemplary practices for supporting students with EF difficulties in particular content areas--reading, writing, and math--are reviewed. ÿ New to This Edition *Expanded coverage of reading--chapters on recent fMRI research findings; working memory and reading; and self-regulation and reading comprehension. *Chapter on early childhood. *Chapter on embedding EF strategies in the curriculum *Updated throughout with a decade's worth of significant advances in research, theory, and educational best practices. ÿ See also Meltzer's authored book Promoting Executive Function in the Classroom, which provides easy-to-implement assessment tools, teaching techniques and activities, and planning aids. ÿ

Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension
Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension

Author: Kelly B. Cartwright

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2023-03-31

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1462551491

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"How do K-12 students become self-regulated learners who actively deploy comprehension strategies to make meaning from texts? This cutting-edge guide is the first book to highlight the importance of executive skills for improving reading comprehension. Chapters review the research base for particular executive functions/m-/such as planning, organization, cognitive flexibility, and impulse control/m-/and present practical skills-building strategies for the classroom. Detailed examples show what each skill looks like in real readers, and sidebars draw explicit connections to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)"--

Executive Function in Education
Executive Function in Education

Author: Lynn Meltzer

Publisher: Guilford Publication

Published: 2010-03-25

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781606236468

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Addressing a hot topic, this book covers such skills as goal setting, prioritizing, and organizing. It discusses executive function in specific disorders (LD, ADHD, autism), as well as broader school-based interventions. This is the first book on the topic to combine knowledge from education, neuroscience, and psychology, and the contributors are leaders in their fields. It will appeal to general and special educators, neuropsychologists, and school psychologists.

Mind in the Making
Mind in the Making

Author: Ellen Galinsky

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-04-02

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 0061987905

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“Ellen Galinsky—already the go-to person on interaction between families and the workplace—draws on fresh research to explain what we ought to be teaching our children. This is must-reading for everyone who cares about America’s fate in the 21st century.” — Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent for The PBS NewsHour Families and Work Institute President Ellen Galinsky (Ask the Children, The Six Stages of Parenthood) presents a book of groundbreaking advice based on the latest research on child development.

Smart but Scattered
Smart but Scattered

Author: Peg Dawson

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2011-11-30

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1606238809

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This book has been replaced by Smart but Scattered, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5459-1.

Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits
Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits

Author: Peg Dawson

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2012-02-09

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1462503756

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This practical manual presents an evidence-based coaching model for helping students whose academic performance is suffering due to deficits in executive skills, including time and task management, planning, organization, impulse control, and emotional regulation. In just a few minutes a day, coaches can provide crucial support and instruction tailored to individual students' needs. From leading experts, the book provides detailed guidelines for incorporating coaching into a response-to-intervention framework, identifying students who can benefit, conducting each session, and monitoring progress. Special topics include how to implement a classwide peer coaching program. More than three dozen reproducible assessment tools, forms, and handouts are featured; the large-size format and lay-flat binding facilitate photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series.

The Executive Function Guidebook
The Executive Function Guidebook

Author: Roberta Strosnider

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2019-03-22

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1544338856

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Teach some of the most important skills your students will ever need! Executive function skills—including self-regulation, focus, planning, and time-management—are essential to student success, but they must be taught and practiced. This unique guidebook provides a flexible seven-step model, incorporating UDL principles and the use of metacognition, for making executive-function training part of your classroom routine at any grade level. Features include: Descriptions of each skill and its impact on learning Examples of instructional steps to assist students as they set goals and work to achieve success. Strategies coded by competency and age/grade level Authentic snapshots and “think about” sections Templates for personalized goal-setting, data collection, and success plans Accompanying strategy cards

The Power of Peers in the Classroom
The Power of Peers in the Classroom

Author: Karen R. Harris

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 146252107X

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Peer support and social relationships have a tremendous influence on development, motivation, and achievement for all students, including struggling learners and those with disabilities. This highly practical book is one of the few resources available to guide classroom teachers and special educators in the application of peer-assisted instructional strategies in grades K-12. Expert contributors describe evidence-based approaches for building students' skills in reading, writing, math, and other content areas, as well as social competence and executive functioning. Sample lessons and more than a dozen reproducible tools are provided. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.