This document discusses tools and strategies to support students with executive function challenges. It begins by defining executive functions as involving activating, orchestrating, monitoring, evaluating and adapting different strategies to accomplish tasks. The document then asks what strategies teachers currently use with students who have executive function difficulties and lists guiding principles such as universal design for learning and teaching strategies. It proposes reducing cognitive overload and promoting student independence through flexible and easy to use tools. The remainder of the document provides examples of digital tools that can serve as alternatives to traditional paper-based organizers, checklists, writing aids, reading supports and study skills tools. It concludes by encouraging the reader to become an "architect for change".

1. Tools to Support
Executive Functions
Karen Janowski
Karen.janowski@gmail.com

2. Initiating
Sustaining
Inhibiting/stopping
Set Shifting
(Denckla, 1996)

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

4. Plan

5. Plan

7. Strategize

8. Pl an B

9. Reflect

12. What strategies are we
currently using with our
students
with executive function
challenges?

13. Guiding
Principles

15. UDL

16. Teach
Strategies

17. Mistake tolerant

18. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/285112924/

19. Reduce
cognitive
overload

20. Toolbelt Theory

21. Paperless
What Does that Look like?

24. Promote
Independ
Flexible,
ence
Easy to
Use

25. Reduce learned
helplessness

26. What are
your
Guiding
Principles?

27. Tools
Alternatives to the Assignment
Notebook – Let’s get Digital!
Vocaroo
VoiceThread
Phone camera
Livescribe SmartPen
HW online proactively

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

29. Tools
Alternatives
bit.ly/ATIAEF2
UDL Tech Toolkit Wiki

30. OrganizationTools
Think – alternatives to paper!
(Assignment notebook)
Fotobabble – online and app
Use camera
HW online proactively

31. Tools
Productivity apps
myHomework,
iHomework,
Class Organizer,
InClass,
ToDoDo, etc.

32. Writing Apps
Bypass writing challenges
Paperport Notes
Dragon Dictation
Sound Notes
VoiceThread

33. Writing Apps
Organizing writing
Popplet Lite
IdeaSketch
Tools4Students
Inspiration

34. Reading Tools (iPad)
Speak Selection feature
Readability feature in Safari
Read2Go – Bookshare app

35. Reading Tools (iPad)
Tricks:
Add website to home screen
Tarheel Reader
Shmoop

36. Study Skills Tools
Flash Card apps (Quizlet online)
iBooks (Active Reading strategies)

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38. Become an
Architect
for
Change

39. Thank you!
Karen.janowski@gmail.com

40. Lighthouse - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmichel67/3899744510
Mistake - http://www.getentrepreneurial.com/images/franchise-mistakes.jpg
Neon Head - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dierkschaefer/2961565820/
Wastebasket - http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=wastebasket&l=4&z=e
Student against wall - http://www.flickr.com/photos/aegishjalmur/2288932018
Chessboard - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshan427/2331162310/
Plan B http://www.flickr.com/photos/mringlein/1403246089/
Large Chessboard http://www.flickr.com/photos/rusworks/84248875/
Watches http://www.flickr.com/photos/martyn/312870142/
Start button -
http://www.123rf.com/photo_3995846_start-button-over-white-concept-of-begin-go-initia
Shift - http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/04/idsa_northeast_district_c.html
Disorganization - http://bit.ly/eYtsMG