Friday July 11th

Executive Functioning

Driven by frontal lobe

Responsible for behavioral regulation and time management

Set of processes

Stop and think, look at choices and decide on one, then act

Self awareness, self evaluation are EF processes

Impact

Deficiencies in Frontal lobe functions are evident in every psychiatric disorder (ADHD, ODD, ASD for example)

Students demonstrate knowledge used executive functions – this is where a deficiency can cause a big problem

Students are inconsistent with their performance

EF is woven into every process in the act of reading, writing, and math

APPS

Tools4Students – pre made graphic organizers to use on the iPad

Reminders – create reminders on any calendar date and choose when to be reminded by a sound on the iPad

Take A Chill – helps to reduce stress and get you grounded before you begin a task – need good reading ability to use the app

Let Panic Go – Good reading ability and working memory needed – helps calm down students by providing calming activities

Sound curtain – helps to sustain attention – adjusts sound depending on ambient noise – use with headphones – app tries to mask ambient sound

iBooks – regular books and interactive books and activities (enhanced textbooks)

Visual Timer –

StudentLife Organizer – calendar to schedule list of events etc, can also add courses and group things in each course (homework etc)

iRewards – set to one child or use for multiple – keep track of reward points and use to cash in for rewards chosen from a list you create

pictello – mobile powerpoint – create a story using pictures, videos, etc

Sosh – shredder – type negative thoughts etc and sent them through the shredder

Inspiration – graphic organizer

Worksystem – visual schedule

Sock puppets- create a story using puppets

ReadIris – document scanner – scans documents and converts them to editable files

vBookz PDF Voice Reader – As it sounds (reads PDF files)

prizmo – take a picture of a document, whiteboard, etc , converts the document to text to read aloud or edit

Puffin – allows access to flash applications (web browser)

Qwiki – search for information and have it read aloud with visuals etc