Coping During COVID-19: Strategies to Reinforce Executive Functioning Skills During Times of Change

• By: Crystal Hayes, MEd College Internship Program (CIP)
• July 1st, 2020
• anxiety, coping skills, COVID-19, executive functioning, planning, routines, stress, summer 2020 issue, time management
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As the world enters a perpetual state of “new normal” due to the COVID-19 pandemic, previously developed routines and coping skills may not be readily accessible - or may not work at all. Along with the closing of many schools and workplaces, drastically changing societal norms,...

Executive Functioning Enhancement for High School Students with ASD

• By: Dianne Zager, PhD Samantha Curiale-Feinman, MSEd, TSHH New Frontiers in Learning
• January 1st, 2013
• behaviors, executive functioning, high school, students, supports
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Educators have made great strides in integrating students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) into general education over the past several decades; however, at the secondary school level, these students still often experience serious difficulties. A major obstacle to success for adolescents on the...

Executive Functions: Skills to Promote Success in School and Beyond

• By: Renee Soufer, MA, MEd Shuli Sandler, PsyD Spectrum Services
• April 1st, 2011
• children, executive functioning, school
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Many children diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (AS) and High Functioning Autism (HFA) struggle with impairments in executive functioning (EF). Executive functions are defined as “an umbrella construct defined as the control, supervisory, or self-regulatory functions that organize and direct all...