"Students with strong executive function skills hold the keys to school and social success--from attention and impulse control to time management and organization. Now K-12 teachers have a practical, highly readable guide to enhancing these critical skills for all students, with and without learning disabilities. Through the author's memorable metaphors, classroom examples, and crystal-clear explanations of brain functioning, teachers will immediately grasp what executive function is and how it affects their students' learning and behavior. Then they'll get the explicit, research-based guidance they need to: improve executive function skills in specific academic subjects: reading, math, and writing; choose effective assessment methods to pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses in students' executive function; adapt their instruction and classroom structure to enhance students' executive skills and improve """"trouble spots""""; implement an executive function coaching process that helps students plan, organize, and complete their assignments; develop individual behavior support plans that address underlying executive function challenges. An unparalleled practical resource on one of today's most critical education topics, this sourcebook equips teachers with everything they need to detect and solve their students' executive function challenges. They'll get a wide range of ready-to-use strategies based on best practices, visual aids that make new concepts instantly understandable, and photocopiable forms to help students improve in specific executive function areas. A perfect resource for effective, affordable professional development, this teacher-friendly guide lays a clear and simple path to stronger executive skills for all students --and lasting academic and social success."
By:
Christopher Kaufman
Imprint: Brookes Publishing Co
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions:
Height: 251mm,
Width: 175mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 507g
ISBN: 9781598570946
ISBN 10: 1598570943
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 15 July 2010
Audience:
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Children's (6-12)
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Table of ContentsAbout the AuthorAcknowledgments1. Executive Function in a Nutshell: The Core Concepts2. The Development of Executive Skills: Learning to Stop and Think3. The Neurology of Self-Regulation: Executive Function and the Brain4. Beyond Neuropsychological Testing: What Teachers Should Know About the Assessment of Executive Function5. Moving the Frontal Lobe to the Front of the Class: Seven Core Strategies for Helping Students with Executive Function Challenges6. Keeping Words and Meaning in Mind: The Impact of Executive Skill on Reading7. From Brain to Paper: The Executive Foundations of Writing8. Bringing Numbers into Focus: Executive Function and Mathematics9. Surviving the Paper Chase: Organization, Study Skills, and Time Management10. Unfiltered Comments, Unchecked Actions: Executive Dysfunction and Social Learning DifficultiesStudy GuideReferencesIndex
Christopher Kaufman, Ph.D., was a licensed psychologist and Lead Psychologist for the Portland (Maine) Public Schools. He also operated, with his wife Sara, a part-time business, Kaufman Psychological Services, through which he provided workshops for educators and clinicians on a range of brain-based learning topics. Dr. Kaufman was born in New York City; raised on Long Island, New York; and earned his doctoral degree in Educational Psychology (with a specialization in School Psychology) in 1993 from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. His clinical specialties included attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and related executive functioning disorders, learning disabilities, and pediatric anxiety disorders.
Reviews for Executive Function in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students
"""Kaufman demonstrates elegantly how the applications of [executive function] research can improve the educational well-being of children who are having difficulty in educational settings� ]Takes the sometimes vague and abstract concept of EF and provides practical strategies and solutions."""
