Lynne Kenney – Advanced Certificate Course: Executive Functioning Skills for Children & Adolescents

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• Take turns.

• Start homework.

• Turn in homework.Executive function (EF) is at the core of everything kids and teens are asked to do each day at home and school.

• And yet when these expectations aren’t met, professionals often turn to consequences, discipline, and “tough love” to encourage change.

• And when that doesn’t work, the child is labeled as “lazy” or “unmotivated” rather than someone who lacks certain skills.Join Lynne Kenney, Psy,D., pediatric psychologist, author and international educator, as she guides you through how you can integrate the newest research in neuroscience, kinesiology, and neurocognitive education for students to behave better and learn more efficiently.In this training, you will experience 50 developmentally progressive cognitive-exercises and coaching activities to enliven your classroom, office and clinic.Plus, learn how to improve cognition, enhance learning and empower children to be better thinkers with motor movement, sequencing, attending, self-regulation, and memory activities.This training is a must-watch for any professional working with kids and adolescents!Teaching Video Outline:Priming the Brain for LearningImpact of brain stimulation, stress, ACE’s and trauma on learningCreate low-stress-high-connection learning environmentsBiological precursors to learningNew preliteracyExecutive function precursors5 early predictors of academic successCreate a calm classroom culture with kindness, respect & trustImportance of collaboration, agency and creativity in learning and behaviorFoundational Motor Competencies that Proceed LearningBalance and weight shiftPostural control for better learningFoundational movement patterns & sequencesTypes of patterns and elementsHow to build a movement sequenceActivitiesBalance activityTeaching weight shiftHead, shoulders, hips & kneesCan everybody countInitial brain primer sequences for attention, memory and self-controlMusical ThinkingWe are musicalUsing The Love Notes Measures are magic!“We Move on the Beat in Time Together”Sequence is the secretActivitiesMusical thinking rhythm cardsCommunicating need sets musicallyMovin’ and Groovin’ movement mixesCreating your own standing patternsThinking Interventions for Better Learning and BehaviorExecutive functions CAN be learnedBuild core executive functions for achievementCognitive skills building process“I am the Best Coach for My Brain” – Lessons for StudentsTeach children about their brainsMake executive functions transparent“Cognitive Conversation”Activities8 brain lessons for studentsCognitive conversation promptsThe THINK Cards SAM Call and response cardsThe “Cognitive Conversation” about AttentionMy Attention EngineAttention is more than one thingAttention cycleTypes of attentionActivitiesPrompts and questionsRaise mindful awarenessMy Attention EngineSongs and chantsInteractive conversational practiceSeated Work For Better AttentionAlert Attention1-5 minute desk percussion activitiesStadium effectCompositions & orchestrasActivitiesTable top tapRepeat the beatCogniTapParadiddlesCognitive Engagement – Music, Piano & DrummingRole of music in learningBuild musical skills through auditory channelsImagination in spatial drummingMeludia MethodTaikoActivitiesIn Time (Advanced Brain Technologies) SolfegeDeveloping Your Own Patterns and SequencesPatternsSequencesElementsSound and movement mixesCueingActivitiesYou’re a conductorWe’re an orchestraLanguage, Dyslexia, Reading and LearningWhat the research says about the precursors to readingDifferent types of dyslexiaRole of speed of processing in readingTemporality, timing and prosody in readingAre rhymers really readers?ActivitiesNarrative language in daily lifeVisual story-telling – sequencing and patterning in picturesLullabies, folk songs and rhyming songsCircle pattern rhyming activitiesVisual-Motor Language: SpotlightWhat is Spotlight and how was it developed?Collaboratively reading the visual-motor languageImportance of cognitive cueingUse spotlight in various settingsActivitiesInitial instructions to the student(s)Mirror and alternatePlaner, lateral and contralateral movements for learningCreate your own sequencesThe one spotlight movement circleBrain Primers (Mike Kuczala)Developmentally progressive cognitive engagementIncrease cognitive-motor demandsEngage creativity and collaborationEngage the reluctant learnerAdvanced mix and match elements, patterns and sequencesActivitiesBrain primersThe “Cognitive Conversation” about MemoryWorking, short-term, long-term, visual working, verbal (auditory) working memoryEncode and retrievalArt, music and movement improve scienceActivitiesFile cabinet visual promptRetrieve math facts with Quick RickEncoding spelling with Slow MoWorking memory enhancement strategiesVisual memory enhancement techniquesImproving Behavior with Cognitive-Motor MovementThe “Cognitive Conversation” about Self-Control (Response Inhibition) + ImpulsivityAchieve better classroom cohesion, socialization and behavior with responsive movementDifference between self-regulation and self-controlResponse inhibition and impulsivityTypes of impulsivity (motor, verbal, cognitive)“Felt-Sense” of slowing down (self-control and self-regulation)5 quick effective responses to dysregulated kidsBetween urge, action and behaviorTrauma, cognition, and dysinhibitionBlock repetitive anxious thoughtsActivitiesThink-UpsMary and Her Me Me Me’s!Periwinkle and PaceSelf-Regulation: Heavy WorkPush, pull and holdHow does proprioceptive feedback calm the brain and body?What does the counting or cueing sound like?ActivitiesSuccessful transitionsStationary holds with the Musical Thinking Rhythm cardsLarge-motor heavy playHand playSelf-Regulation: Achieving an Alert State of CalmSelf-regulation: emotional, cognitive, sensory/motorSelf-regulation as energy managementUse entrainment to reciprocally regulate 3,5,7,9 for calming in timeActivitiesCo-regulationRetro Walking Dressage PatternsYoga patternsTai Chi patternsMirror writingSelf-monitoring worksheetAttention, Memory and InhibitionHow bean bags engage visual trackingHow bean bags engage attention and memoryHand-eye patterns & sequencesActivitiesOne and two person bean bag activitiesRhythm Ball for CalmingOne and two person ball activitiesChange cueing & counts for alerting and calmingActivitiesCo-regulating with one personBack-to-back listening activityUse music and metronomesMeet Your Course Expert:Lynne Kenney, Psy.D., is the nation’s leading pediatric psychologist in the development of classroom cognitive-physical activity programs for students grades K-6.