Executive Functioning: Teaching Children Organizational Skills
$49.00
Introductory
Online
Course Abstract
Executive Functioning: Teaching Children Organizational Skills is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides strategies and tools for helping children succeed through overcoming executive functioning deficits.
Executive functioning skills represent a key set of mental assets that help connect past experience with present action. They are fundamental to performing activities such as planning, organizing, strategizing, paying attention to and remembering details, and managing time and space.
Conversely, executive functioning deficits can significantly disrupt an individual’s ability to perform even simple tasks effectively. Although children with executive functioning difficulties may be at a disadvantage at home and at school, adults can employ many different strategies to help them succeed.
This course will enumerate and illustrate multiple strategies and tools for helping children overcome executive functioning deficits and improve their self-esteem and organizational abilities. Included are techniques for planning and prioritizing, managing emotions, improving communication, developing stress tolerance, building time management skills, increasing sustained attention, and boosting working memory.
Course #40-50 | 2020 | 70 pages | 25 posttest questions
Learning Objectives
- List three symptoms of executive functioning difficulties
- Identify and define the twelve executive functioning skills
- Describe at least ten strategies to help children learn to listen
- List eleven speech pattern techniques therapists can use to communicate with children
- Name three strategies to develop each of the twelve executive functioning skills
- Identify five technology aids therapists can use to help children develop executive functioning skills
Course Directions
This online course provides instant access to the course materials (PDF download) and CE test. The course is text-based (reading) and the CE test is open-book (you can print the test to mark your answers on it while reading the course document).
Successful completion of this course involves passing an online test (80% required, 3 chances to take) and we ask that you also complete a brief course evaluation.
About the Author(s)
CE Information
Counseling
Professional Development Resources (PDR) has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5590. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. PDR is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135 - Note: New York counselors will receive 4 continuing education credits for completing this self-study course).
Marriage and Family Therapy
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB #1046, ACE Program); the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0100 - Note: New York MFTs will receive 4 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (#114); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Occupational Therapy
Professional Development Resources is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course provider ID# 3159. This distance learning-independent course is offered at 0.4 CEUs, introductory level, OT Service Delivery]. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
School Psychology
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).
Speech Language Pathology
Introductory Level | 0.4 ASHA CEUs | ASHA credit is available until 09/30/2025. ASHA CEUs are awarded by the ASHA CE Registry upon receipt of the monthly completion report from the ASHA Approved CE Provider (#AAUM5164). Please note that the date that appears on ASHA transcripts is the last day of the month in which the course was completed.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
Social Work
Professional Development Resources, #1046, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 6/12/2022 - 6/12/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 4 clinical continuing education credits.
Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0664 - Note: New York social workers will receive 4 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course). Professional Development Resources is also approved by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678).
Teaching
Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for all programs and content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB Provider #1046, ACE Program); the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA Provider #AAUM); the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA Provider #3159); the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR Prior Approval Program); the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145), State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135) and marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0100), and the State Board for Social Workers as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0664); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (#114) and State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).
Customer Testimonials
Great course. As an OT and a mom of a daughter with executive function weaknesses, this was great information to implement immediately. Material and information was well organized so it will be easy to find and refer to repeatedly.
It was very beneficial/ I was able to use what I learned immediately.
Love PDR! Good home studies.
Excellent information presented very clearly. The examples provided were very helpful to understanding the content.
I appreciate the clear and concise study guides to each class. They are well worth printing and having as references. Class was clear and easy to access important highlights of the concepts. Test is easy to take. Overall this sight is a stellar CEU resource. Thank you
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Very interesting & helpful information on executive functioning! I really like having some websites/apps included to use with the students I serve!
Very good course with excellent suggestions regarding interventions that are successful with children that have difficulty with executive functioning.
Very clear and concise presentation of information. Great use of graphs.
Truly enjoyed the content. The course was done well and very relevant. We need more courses for this Executive Functioning area. It is one of the areas that is most important. Thank you!
I loved how this information was presented and laid out. As an OT, I really enjoyed learning about the speech pieces. The technology aids suggestions were such a great addition to the course! I specialize in sensory processing and emotional regulation and I really appreciated the in depth explanations about the importance of the emotional regulation part of executive functioning!
This is one of my favorite courses on all of the PDR website. I selected the quite a bit answer in terms of learning because a lot of the information is review. However, I have always enjoyed and will continue to enjoy the presentation of the course. I find, the more things are broken down into small, discernible parts, the easier they are to understand. I think the authors have done a great job of presenting the material so big fans of learning can immerse themselves in a rich pool of knowledge and use what will be helpful to their practice to assist others. I think the presentation is equally helpful for individuals who are new to learning about executive functioning. In my mind, when a course is useful to those with experience and those without, something special has been created.
This course provided many strategies and resources for all my children to be better learners
Excellent presentation. Liked the organization of the material, lists, examples, and charts. Executive function should be assessed not only for struggling students, but also struggling employees. Great ideas and I particularly liked the scripted examples of how to talk to the students. Thanks. This organization puts out great CEUs!
Thank you for the examples and flow of this information. It was very helpful!
Thanks for sharing so many strategies. I appreciate the connection between specific areas of concern and how to use a strategy to help a client develop skills in that area.
The information in this course is very relevant to the referrals I am receiving on a regular basis. The explanations are ones I feel will be easy to share with parents to help them.
So often, CE courses are heavy on theory or explanation and light on intervention ideas, strategies and activities. As a practitioner, I need both. This course delivered a great deal of both. I have already shared information about the course with co-workers.
Great course. I also took their adult executive functioning CE course. Both highly recommended.
One of the best CEU's I have ever taken! Thank you. The information was relevant, well laid out, and especially useful to my counseling practice.
Learned a lot from this course! Really appreciated the professional-vetted app suggestions at the end.
This was a very good course. The information was comprehensive, well-written, and organized. I enjoyed taking this course and highly recommend it.
This material should be required reading for all professionals working with children in school settings.
Excellent information on strategies to help with executive functioning deficits.
I enjoyed this course. I appreciate the practical suggestions and real-world examples. I look forward to trying to apply some of these strategies in the classroom.
Excellent explanations; extremely helpful.
