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100 Powerful Learning Specialist and Educational Therapy Materials

This week I wanted to tell you about my online store, Good Sensory Learning. I’m Dr. Erica Warren, and I established this site so I could share all the materials that I have created over the last 20+ years as a learning specialist and educational therapist. When I first began my private practice, Learning to Learn, I had great difficulty finding fun and multisensory materials for my students that were effective and engaging. So back in 2005, I made it my mission to design and distribute high-end, remedial products as well as memorable, motivating lessons that bring delight to learning. If you would like to try a free sampling of my activities , CLICK HERE . How Are the Products Organized at Good Sensory Learning? You can download my Free Printable Catalog or you can browse the site using the grey “search all products” bar in the top right of any page with keywords such as dyslexia, working memory, and executive functioning. What’s more, drop down menus in the red banner allow you t...
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12 Executive Functioning Strategies for Student Success

Gearing up for the fall, teachers and parents often scour for strategies that can help learners maximize their learning potential, complete assignments on time, and manage their workload. Although, executive functioning is a no brainer for many, planning, time management and organization can be troublesome and bewildering for others. In fact, I work with many bright and capable students that have the intellect, test taking capabilities and desire to acquire top marks, yet missing assignments, lost materials, avoidant behavior and messy backpacks wreck their GPA. Each academic year offers students a fresh start, so providing them the needed resources and support is key! 
Helping Students with Executive Functioning Weaknesses
Students that struggle with executive functioning are often categorized as lazy, unmotivated, and careless. These misnomers couldn't be farther from the truth. Rather, executive functioning skills are not fully developed in the brain until one reaches his or her early twenties, and expecting students to independently manage their learning can be a mistake that can derail a student from reaching their true potential. What can we do to help these frustrated learners?

12 Strategies that Can Help:
  1. Establish a structured, daily routine and write out a plan for each day of the week.
  2. Demonstrate how you set priorities, and then guide students so that they too can establish a well sequenced, and mindful plan of action.
  3. Create a consistent homework plan. This will include an allocation of time for each assignment, defined breaks, rewards and consequences.
  4. Provide a scaffolded approach to time management, and help students generate self imposed deadlines.
  5. Break large assignments into a sequence of manageable and scheduled tasks.
  6. Make accessible to-do lists on smart phones using apps like Wunderlist, desktop applications like Reminders, note taking services like Google Keep, and use a tailored planner such as The Ultimate, Mindful and Editable Planner/Agenda.
  7. Teach study skills such as note taking and test taking strategies.
  8. Provide motivating incentives and positive reinforcement when you see desired behaviors.
  9. Utilize graphic organizers or outlines for planning ideas and writing to help students conceptualize a sequence of steps as well as an overall approach.
  10. Teach metacognitive skills by demonstrating the thought processes aloud.
  11. Be patient and supportive. Avoid any negative labels and guide students to correct responses. Also, provide students the opportunity to learn from their mistakes and gain partial credit for these efforts.
  12. Provide the tools and resources. Have structured handouts, planner sheets, study material, and review compensatory strategies.
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Cheers, Dr. Erica Warren
Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at Good Sensory Learning and Dyslexia Materials. She is also the director of Learning to Learn and Learning Specialist Courses.


· Blog: https://learningspecialistmaterials.blogspot.com/
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