1. Metacognition:
Thinking
about
Thinking
WHY?

2. Executive Function (EF)
involves activating, orchestrating,
monitoring, evaluating and adapting
different strategies to accomplish
different tasks.

3. It’s all about the Plan

4. Develop a PLAN of action

5. Maintain/Monitor the PLAN

6. Evaluate the PLAN

7. Plan Initiation – ability to
initiate the task.

8. Plan

9. Ability to shift thinking

10. Strategize

11. Plan B

12. Reflect
Ability to reflect
and make
adjustments

13. Time Management

14. What do we do to
help us plan?

15. Students with learning
struggles:
–Don’t make connections
–Don’t stop to evaluate their learning
–Avoid revisions
–Have difficulty strategizing

16. What can we do to support
Students with executive
function skills challenges?

17. Explicit
strategy
instruction

18. Reduce
cognitive
overload

19. Go Paperless! Paper is the
disability!
What Does that Look like?

20. Organization

21. Promote
Independe
nce
Use tools that
are flexible, and
easy to use

22. Alternatives to the Checklist
Organizer
PBL Checklist for Teachers
Tools

23. KEYS TO MEMORY

24. RepetitionImportance of Use of:
Color
Graphics
Teach in context

25. Teach to make associations

26. Assistive
Technology for
Remembering
and for
Organization
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27. What do we do to help us
remember?

28. LOW TECH OPTIONS

29. Highlighters
index cards, post-it notes
color-coding
graph paper

30. beepers/buzzers
talking watches
timers

31. headphones or earplugs to shut out
distractions
smartphones - allow the user to verbally store and
retrieve information, use camera features

32. • Visual Schedules
• Visual Cues
• Verbal Cues (“This is really imp.”)
• Cell phones - to do or Did I? list with alarm

33. Calendar Tools

34. Notetaking

35. What do we do to help us
with notetaking?

36. • Carbonless paper
• Peer’s notes
• Copies from teacher
• Structured Outline to be filled out by student

37. • Two-column Templates in Word
• Student Historian summarizes on class blog or
wiki
• Podcasting

38. • SmartBoard files
• Smart Pen
• Apps

39. What do we do to help us
study?

40. • Flash card sites/apps
• Highlighting tools
• Repetition and review

41. Assistive Technology for Math
Explore the Free Online
Tools
udltechtoolkit.wikispaces.com
newtonassistivetech.wikispaces.com
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