Smart but Scattered: How Executive Skills Create Successful Students

Executive functioning is a term used to describe the tasks our brains perform that are necessary to think, act, and solve problems. Executive functioning includes tasks that help us learn new information, remember and retrieve information we've learned in the past and use this information to solve problems of everyday life. Children with learning disabilities often have executive functioning disorders as well. Think about your own child. Does she have difficulty managing time, paying attention, switching focus or starting a long-term assignment? Is he easily distracted, forgetful or does he become upset when routines or expectations are changed?
Dr. Peg Dawson, Ed.D, NCSP, from the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, NH, has co-authored six books on Executive Functioning. Come learn more from this nationally-recognized expert who has worked with thousands of children and teens who struggle at home and school.
Lecture sponsored by the Nashoba Special Education Parent Advisory Council and the Nashoba Regional School District Special Education Department. Visit www.nrsd.net for more information.
For more information about Dr. Peg Dawson, visit www.smartbutsca...
Presentation used during this lecture can be viewed at www.nrsd.net/Us...
Recorded at Hale Middle School in Stow, MA on March 23, 2016.