With a combined experience of over 40 years working with Executive Function, we’ve partnered with three international experts — George McCloskey, Ph.D. | Lynne Kenney, Psy.D. | Kathy Morris, M.Ed., B.S. — to bring you a comprehensive look into EF
George McCloskey, Lynne Kenney, Kathy Morris – Executive Function Mastery Course – Evidence-Based Strategies to Improve Attention, Memory & Self-Regulation
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Forgotten appointments, unfinished homework, distractibility, procrastination and difficulties organizing thoughts present intimidating obstacles to make progress for anyone… And the strategies that work so well for others seem to fall short when an executive function (EF) deficit is present.
Your work with individuals struggling with EF concerns may be some of your most rewarding — yet it’s often the work that leaves you the most frustrated and exhausted!
Take the mystery out of executive functions for your clients by teaching them how they think, learn and behave to help create an active role in their own development. With a combined experience of over 40 years working with Executive Function, we’ve partnered with three international experts — George McCloskey, Ph.D. | Lynne Kenney, Psy.D. | Kathy Morris, M.Ed., B.S. — to bring you a comprehensive look into EF, so you can integrate a multidisciplinary approach to promote organization, self-regulation, focus, social-communication, memory and much more.
You’ll not only gain effective assessment techniques to determine EF strengths and weaknesses, but you’ll also learn how to:
Analyze a comprehensive neuropsychological model of executive functions as it relates to clinical treatment.
Implement research-based activities to improve thinking, self-regulation and behavior.
Communicate how EF deficits are present in those diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, Autism, dyslexia, ODD and other psychological disorders.
Incorporate visual strategies to support the way information is received and retained in long-term memory.
Whether you’re an OT, SLP, counselor, teacher, or social worker, you’ll leave this course feeling confident in your ability to dramatically improve the lives of your clients struggling with EF deficits.
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Through video case studies and visual demonstrations, you will walk away distinguished from others in your field when you advance your practice with these EF strategies that you’ll be able to merge into your existing approach with ease!
Advance your knowledge and your practice with this mastery-level training today…
EF skills form the foundation of success for people of all ages… Now’s your opportunity to help your clients thrive!
Improve Executive Functions: Evidence-Based Strategies to Change Behavior
In Session 1, you’ll get the targeted skills and tools you need to cultivate lasting change and transform the lives of those who struggle with executive deficits – the chronically lost, late and unprepared!
Internationally renowned creator of the McCloskey Executive Functions Scale (MEFS), author, researcher, and clinician with more than 20 years of groundbreaking work with Executive Functions, George McCloskey, Ph.D., will teach you how to develop customized interventions that can be used with students or clients across multiple settings, from the private practice to the classroom.
Practical and easy to apply strategies will help your clients develop:
Critical time/task management
Personal organization & planning skills
Academic and employment performance
Physical & mental health
And much more!
Executive Function in the Classroom: 30 Cognitive-Motor Activities to Improve Attention, Memory & Self-Regulation
When children with ADHD, anxiety, learning differences, oppositional tendencies and disinterest in school are taught how to be “Cognitive Scientists†coaching their own brains to plan, prioritize, attend and remember, they become more invested in school and motivated to learn.
With Session 2, you will gain interventions to show students how to learn more efficiently while calming their defensive brains to lead to better concentration, improved attention, higher academic achievement and competent social-emotional skills.
Pediatric psychologist, author and international educator, Lynne Kenney, Psy,D., will teach you how to integrate the newest research in neuroscience, kinesiology and education for kids to learn more efficiently. You will discover over 30 developmentally progressive cognitive-exercises, worksheets and activities to enliven your classroom.
Walk away knowing how to:
Improve cognition
Enhance learning
Empower children to be better thinkers with:
motor movement
sequencing
self-regulation
memory activities
Executive Function Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Practical Strategies to Improve Metacognitive and Self-Regulation Skills
Working with children and adolescents who struggle paying attention, are severely disorganized, have difficulty making transitions and are unable to make plans can be extremely difficult. They repeatedly act out and meltdown—seemingly unaware of the consequences of their behavior. They frequently get placed in timeout or sent to the principal’s office — missing out on typical childhood experiences in school, on the playground and with their families. These children have Executive Functioning (EF) deficits.
The good news is that EF can be taught!
In Session 3, international speaker, speech therapist and teacher with over 42 years working with autism, ADHD and executive dysfunction, Kathy Morris, M.Ed., B.S., will step you through how to strengthen the neuro connections in children and apply evidence-based metacognitive and self-regulation visual strategies and hands-on techniques to improve:
Inhibitory Control
Adaptability
Mental Flexibility
Executive Attention
Emotional Control
Social skills
Plus, so much more!
When you sign up today, you’ll also receive this BONUS PDF workbook…
70 Play Activities for Better Thinking, Self-Regulation, Learning & Behavior
Packed with worksheets, handouts, and guided scripts with step-by-step directions, this definitive resource will put you to the top of your play game. With over 70 activities designed to improve thinking, self-regulation, learning and behavior, your tool kit will be full, and your creative brain will be inspired to craft your own meaningful exercises. Play now, Play later… with 70 Play Activities for better brain function and learning.
Based on years of clinical experience and educational work, Harvard-trained psychologist, Lynne Kenney, PsyD, and school psychologist, Rebecca Comizio MA, MA-Ed, NCSP, have created fun, imaginative, and brain-based exercises for children and adolescents to develop attention, planning, executive function and mood management skills.
Featuring:
Musical Thinking
Physical Activities
Social Interaction Games
Artmaking
Perfect activities for the classroom, clinic or home
The Next Steps in Advancing Your Practice
Watch your email for your order confirmation, and get instant access to all course materials, including the bonus materials — all designed to help you effectively integrate executive function into your practice and your life. Click here for course objectives and outline.
Review the course materials at your own pace and at your convenience! You’ll have unlimited access to all course videos and materials online forever. Plus, use the PESI Mobile app to access the course content on-the-go, wherever and whenever you want on your mobile devices.
Instantly collaborate with other professionals on the course materials through interactive message boards. You’ll be part of a community of hundreds of practitioners all focused on integrating executive function into your practice, providing valuable opportunities to share insight and experiences and to build your professional network.
Complete your online CE tests and earn up to 18.5 CE hours! Click here for CE credit details and credit details specific to your profession.
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Meet Your Course Experts:
George McCloskey, Ph.D., is a Professor and Director of School Psychology Research in the Psychology Department of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and holds Diplomate status with the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology. He frequently presents at international, national, regional and state meetings on cognitive and neuropsychological assessment and intervention topics.
Dr. McCloskey has amassed over 35 years of experience in test development, teaching, research and assessment and intervention work with a wide range of clients. Based on the past 25 years of his research and experience working specifically with children, adolescents and adults exhibiting executive function difficulties, Dr. McCloskey has developed a comprehensive model of executive functions that can be used to assess executive function strengths and difficulties and guide efforts to foster growth and intervene with difficulties. He consults with a number of school districts and private schools nationwide on issues related to improving students’ self-regulation capacities in the classroom, behavior management, assessment and intervention for executive functions difficulties related to academic and behavior problems.
Dr. McCloskey is the author of the McCloskey Executive Functions Scales (MEFS) and lead author of the books Assessment and Intervention for Executive Function Difficulties and Essentials of Executive Functions Assessment and his most recent writing on interventions for executive function and executive skills difficulties appears in Chapter 11 of the book Essentials of Planning, Selecting, and Tailoring Interventions for Unique Learners.
Lynne Kenney, Psy.D., is the nation’s leading pediatric psychologist in the development of classroom cognitive-physical activity programs for students grades K-6. Dr. Kenney develops curriculum, programming, and activities to improve children’s cognition through coordinative cognitive-motor movement, executive function skill-building strategies, and social-emotional learning.
Dr. Kenney has advanced fellowship training in forensic psychology and developmental pediatric psychology from Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Harbor – UCLA/UCLA Medical School. She holds a Master’s Degree in Physical Education from the University of Southern California and a Doctorate in Psychology from Pepperdine.
Dr. Kenney’s books include 70 Play Activities for Better Thinking, Self-Regulation, Learning and Behavior with Rebecca Comizio (PESI, 2016), the Social-Emotional Literacy program, Bloom Your Room™ (Mrs. Beetle’s Books, 2017), Musical Thinking™ (Unhooked Books, 2016), and Bloom: 50 Things to Say, Think and Do with Anxious, Angry and Over-the-Top Kids with Wendy Young (Unhooked Books, 2015). Her professional development platform, The Kinetic Classroom, brings executive function education and cognitive-motor movement to educators and clinicians worldwide.
Kathy Morris, M.Ed., B.S., has over 42 years of experience working with children and adolescents with severe behavioral difficulties, including those with autism, ADHD and executive dysfunction. During this time, she has collaborated with families, educators, counselors, speech pathologists, occupational therapists and medical professionals throughout the world.
Kathy has been a speech therapist, teacher for self-contained programs, resource teacher and first grade teacher. She was a diagnostician/supervisor for all grade levels. Kathy was a LIFE Skills/autism/behavior/assistive technology consultant at a Texas education service center before leaving to start her own business in 1999.
Kathy has keynoted many national/international conferences. She is a frequent guest on a local news program promoting research-based techniques for working with children and adolescents with ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and executive functioning differences. Kathy provides technical assistance in classrooms across the U.S, Canada, and several international countries.
Here’s What You’ll Get in George McCloskey, Lynne Kenney, Kathy Morris – Executive Function Mastery Course – Evidence-Based Strategies to Improve Attention, Memory & Self-Regulation
