July 24
Introduction to the Role of Executive Functions in Academic Production
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Registration
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Welcome Lunch
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
• Orientation
• Developing a Mindset for Working With Students Who Exhibit Executive Control Difficulties
• Overview of Executive Functions - The Supervisory System of the Brain
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
• Learning Difficulties/Disabilities Versus Producing Difficulties/Disabilities
• Reflection Activity
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Break
2:15 PM – 3:30 PM
• Question and Answer Session
• Automaticity Versus Executive Control in Academic Skill Development
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Break
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
• Question and Answer Session
• Motivation, Executive Functions, and Academic Production
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
• The Executive Function Intervention Continuum Applied With Academic Skills
• Reflection Activity
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Dinner on the Sierra Madre Village Patio
This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.
July 25
Executive Functions and Reading: Part 1
7:45 AM – 8:15 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:15 AM – 9:00 AM
Brain Function and the Cognitive Components of Reading
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
• Question and Answer Session
• The Role of Executive Functions in Reading
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
• Question and Answer Session
• Case Study
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Question and Answer session
• Case Study
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons
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July 26
Executive Functions and Reading: Part 2
7:45 AM - 8:15 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:15 AM – 8:50 AM
Interventions for Difficulties With Executive Control of Reading: Part 1
8:50 AM – 9:45 AM
• Question and Answer Session
• Case Study Example
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
Break
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
• Question and Answer Session
• Interventions for Difficulties With Executive Control of Reading: Part 2
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Interventions for Difficulties with Executive Control of Reading: Part 3
• Reflection Activity
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons
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July 27
Executive Functions and Writing
7:45 AM - 8:15 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:15 AM – 8:50 AM
Brain Function and the Cognitive Components of Writing
8:50 AM – 9:50 AM
•Question and Answer Session
•The Role of Executive Functions in Writing
9:50 AM – 10:05 AM
Break
10:05 AM – 11:00 AM
•Question and Answer Session
•Executive Functions and Writing: Assessment and Intervention
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
•Case Study
•Reflection Activity
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons
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July 28
Executive Functions and Mathematics
7:45 AM – 8:15 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:15 AM – 8:55 AM
The Brain Functions and the Cognitive Components of Mathematics
8:55 AM – 9:30 AM
• Question and Answer Session
• The Role of Executive Functions in Mathematics
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Break
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
• Question and Answer session
• Executive Functions and Mathematics: Assessment and Intervention
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
• Case Studies
• Reflection Activity
This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.