Improve Executive Functions: Evidence-Based Strategies to Change Behavior – George McCloskey – PESI

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Individuals with ADHD, Autism, OCD and other conditions have significant deficits with Executive Function (EF) skills, failing to thrive at school, work, home and in their most important relationships.

While your work with individuals struggling with EF issues is some of your most rewarding—it’s often the work that leaves you the most frustrated and exhausted. Forgotten appointments, unfinished homework, distractibility, procrastination, and difficulties organizing thoughts present formidable obstacles to making progress in school or therapy. And to make things more frustrating, the strategies that work so well for other conditions seem to fall short when an EF deficit is present.

Watch George McCloskey, Ph.D., an internationally renowned author, researcher, and clinician with more than 25 years of groundbreaking work with EFs for this incredible one-day event!

Dr. McCloskey will teach you the targeted skills and tools you need to cultivate lasting change and transformation in the lives of those who struggle with executive deficits—the chronically lost, late and unprepared!

You’ll learn how to develop customized interventions that can be used with students or clients of all ages across multiple settings from the private practice to the classroom. Practical and easy to apply, Dr. McCloskey’s strategies will help those you serve develop critical time/task management, personal organization, and planning skills, empowering them to elevate their academic and employment performance, relationships, physical and mental health, and more!

Don’t miss this chance to elevate your practice and confidence in your ability to end the chaos and dramatically improve the lives of those you work with!

Speaker

George McCloskey, PhD
Professor and Director of School Psychology Research
Psychology Department of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

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.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: George McCloskey has an employment relationship with the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.  He receives royalties as an author for Taylor & Francis, Wiley & Sons, and Schoolhouse Press. Dr. McCloskey receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: George McCloskey has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

Objectives

1. Analyze a comprehensive neuropsychological model of executive functions as it relates to clinical treatment.
2. Communicate how executive function difficulties are manifested in individuals diagnosed with various psychological disorders and/or enrolled in special education programs as it pertains to assessment and treatment planning.
3. Apply effective assessment techniques based on a multidimensional framework to determine executive function strengths and weaknesses and to target specific intervention needs.
4. Recommend strategies that are appropriate for fostering executive function development and/or for intervening when executive function difficulties are identified.
5. Implement strategies that bridge the gap between “external control” and “internal self-regulation”.
6. Utilize mindfulness, CBT and other evidence-based programs to foster executive function development and/or remediate difficulties.
    
   

Outline

• Executive Functions (EF) Overview
  The neuropsychology of Executive Functions
  Levels, domains of functioning, arenas of involvement
  A closer look at the self-regulation level: 7 clusters encompassing 33 functions
  EF development over time
  EFs, DSM-5® diagnoses, educational classifications
  Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks
• Develop an Intervention Plan: Assessment of EF Strengths and Weaknesses
  A multidimensional model to guide assessment
  Norm referenced tests, rating scales and diagnostic interviewing
  Assessing the impact of EF difficulties on academic learning and production
  Learning difficulties versus producing difficulties
  EF-driven Functional Behavior Assessment
• Strategies for EF Development and EF Difficulties
  Create an environment for positive change
  Develop and use growth mindsets
  The EF intervention continuum
  Orienting strategies that focus on goals and outcomes
  External strategies for modifying behavior: Cueing, prompting and thinking aloud
  Bridging strategies from externally controlled to internally self-regulated
  Internally self-regulated strategies: Strengthen independent functioning
• Evidence-based Programs and Resources to Foster Growth
  Develop EFs in pre-school and kindergarten
  Problem-solving models and programs
  Cognitive strategy instruction and cognitive behavior therapy
  Technology-based approaches
  Mindfulness techniques and EF growth

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Addiction Counselors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Speech-Language Pathologists
• Teachers
• School Guidance Counselors
• School Psychologists
• School Social Workers
• Educational Paraprofessionals
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Case Managers
• Nurses
• School Administrators
• Other Helping Professionals who Work with Children

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