Executive Function in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students
Christopher Kaufman
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Description for Executive Function in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students
Paperback. Help K-12 teachers understand and enhance students' executive function skills-the key to long-term school and social success. This practical how-to guide is packed with ready-to-use forms and strategies that improve outcomes across subject areas. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 486.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Brookes Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
485g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9781598570946
SKU
V9781598570946
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Ref
99-5
About Christopher Kaufman
Christopher Kaufman, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and Lead Psychologist for the Portland (Maine) Public Schools. He also operates, with his wife Sara, a part-time business, Kaufman Psychological Services, through which he provides 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; ... Read more
Reviews for Executive Function in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students
Wonderful! Just what the field needed to ground conceptual understanding of executive function and executive dysfunction . . . truly a research-to-practice book that all teachers can use.
Dr. Joan Mele-McCarthy, CCC-SLP Director of Education, The Summit School, Edgewater, MD (03/15/2010) Practical and timely . . . provides systematic coverage of the varied facets of executive functioning and ... Read more
Dr. Joan Mele-McCarthy, CCC-SLP Director of Education, The Summit School, Edgewater, MD (03/15/2010) Practical and timely . . . provides systematic coverage of the varied facets of executive functioning and ... Read more