Understanding Executive Functioning Skills: Supporting boarders with life management, emotions and goals

Name: Understanding Executive Functioning Skills: Supporting boarders with life management, emotions and goals
Start: 2024-12-05T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2024-12-05T12:30:00+00:00
Location: Virtual – Zoom

December 5 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Date: December 05, 2024
Time: 10:30 – 12:30
Cost: BSA Full Member – £135, BSA Affiliate Member – £170 , Non-member – £270
Audience: Head, SLT, Inclusion Lead, Head of Boarding, Teaching and Boarding staff
Platform: Zoom (online) – Half-Day Seminar

Course outline:

The aim of this half day seminar is to provide an opportunity to learn more about the importance of the management system of the brain – known as executive functioning skills and to consider strategies that can be used to support pupils.

Training topics will include:

The three main areas of working memory, cognitive flexibility (flexible thinking) and inhibitory control (including self-control) will be unpacked. When people struggle with executive function, it impacts them at home, in school, and in life because the skills involved support goal setting, planning, and completing tasks.
Executive function is responsible for many skills including: paying attention; organizing, planning, and prioritising; starting tasks and staying focused on them to completion; understanding different points of view; regulating emotions and self-monitoring. Executive functioning skills usually develop quickly in early childhood and into the teen years but are still developing into the mid-20s. Some people struggle with EF, and this can cause challenges during childhood, as a teenager and young adult.
We will hear from an EF expert about what executive function skills are and how they impact our lives. We will also hear directly from school staff about adjustments and proactive work that has made a positive impact in their settings.

Learning outcomes:

Attending this half day seminar will help delegates increase their knowledge and understanding of the importance of supporting executive functioning for all pupils, but particularly for those who have weaker EF function. Delegates will hear about a range of practical strategies, to adopt, adapt or use and will leave with the understanding and confidence to build on current practice.

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Speaker:

Dr Katharine Sharpe

Katharine is a Chartered Educational Psychologist and experienced teacher who works in a Prep School as Assistant Head (Pastoral) and Head of Learning Support. After graduating with a Psychology degree, she started her career as a primary teacher before completing post-graduate training to qualify as an Educational Psychologist. Katharine spent 15 years working for a large local authority Psychology Service before becoming Head of Learning Support at Caterham Prep School. Her Doctoral research at UCL examined the impact of mindset on the literacy attainments of Key Stage 3 pupils. Katharine maintains a private psychology practice alongside her teaching role. She is the IAPS SEND Subject Advisor and sits on the ISC Cross-Association SEND Advisory Group.