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Monday

July 22
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

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Tuesday

July 23
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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Wednesday

July 24
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

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change. Please check here for updates.

Thursday

July 25
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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Friday

July 26
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.