Schedule

 
 
Neuroscience and Executive Skills: Strategies for Exercutive Functions, Memory and Learning
July 27-31, 2015, Santa Barbara, CA
Monday, July 27 Promoting the Sensory Intake for Memory
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Registration
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Working lunch and introductions
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Description of schedule and participant activities for program
1:15 PM - 2:20 PM

Why know Neuroscience?

Exposing "neuro-myths"        

Increasing demands for strong executive functions

2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Coffee break
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Prefrontal cortex development
 
Attention control and increasing top-down executive function control of attention
 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Best learning experience
 
Q&A and small group application collaboration
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Networking reception
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Dinner
Tuesday, July 28 The Emotional Conditions that Promote Memory Construction
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Small group discussion of assigned readings
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM Emotional requirements for information processing
10:15 AM - 10:25 AM Coffee break
10:25 AM - 12:00 PM Executive functions for top-down emotional self-control, learning self-mastery and growth mindset
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Q&A and application collaboration
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Wednesday, July 29 Memory Construction
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Small group discussion of assigned readings
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Encoding short term memory
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Executive function input for top-down working memory
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Neuroplasticity: Potential and practices part 1
10:15 AM - 10:25 AM Coffee break
10:25 AM - 12:00 PM Neuroplasticity: Potential and practices part 2
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM Q&A and application collaboration
12:10 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch
Thursday, July 30 Teaching for Understanding: Now and Future
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Small group discussion of assigned readings
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Mental manipulation for durable long-term memory
10:15 AM - 10:25 AM Coffee break
10:25 AM - 12:00 PM
Building executive functions across the curriculum - Part 1
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Q&A and small group topic specific collaboration
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Friday, July 31 Strengthening Developing Executive Functions
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Small group discussion of assigned readings
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Building executive functions across the curriculum - Part 2

10:15 AM - 10:25 AM Coffee break / Evaluation forms
10:25 AM - 11:45 AM

Cognitive flexibility and mistakes

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Future: In Neuroscience and in your goals

Please note: Schedule is preliminary and subject to change