What is Executive Function?

How will executive function strategies benefit your students?

Join us for this innovative, practical conference on Executive Function on Friday, October 14, 2011, at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington. 

For online registration and information about our faculty, click here. 

Register 4 or more people and get a reduced fee of $275 per person.

 For additional information, contact Donna Kincaid. 

This year's conference will include:

Cognitive Flexibility: The Cornerstone of Executive Function, Resilience and Academic Success:  Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D.

Using the SMARTS Model to Foster Self-Concept and Strategy Use: Wendy Stacy, M.Ed. and Kate Kurkul, M.A.  

Goal Setting:  Shifting into Gear: Kalyani Krishnan, M.A.

You will learn:

• How executive function processes affect academic success.
• Specific ways to help your students develop metacognitive  awareness.
• How to embed effective executive function strategies into your day to day curriculum.
• How to engage students more actively in your classrooms.
• Specific strategies for teaching students how to shift flexibly and how to set goals. 

Plenary sessions will be led by Kalyani Krishnan, M.A., Wendy Stacey, M.S., Katelyn Kurkul, M.A., and Donna Kincaid, M.Ed.

The conference will include hands-on activities that will translate directly into the classroom.  You will leave with a binder of executive function strategies that can be used in your classroom on Monday morning.

Registration fee includes strategy binder, continental breakfast and lunch.

Register 4 or more people to get a discounted fee of $275 per person.  Each person must register individually and note the names in their group in the comment section.  Fee amounts will be adjusted by the ResearchILD registrar.

Regular fee is $295 per person.

For information about ResearchILD, click here.

Mimi Ballard, Executive Director

            781-861-3711      
Research Institute for Learning and Development