Executive Function Support for College Students
Presenter: Tera Sumpter, M.A., CCC-SLP, founder of Seeds of Learning
Open to all RIT Faculty and Staff
Advance Registration REQUIRED: https://bit.ly/ntidef
Abstract:
Attendees will learn how executive functions, the all-encompassing cognitive self-regulatory system, profoundly influence learning. Discover how deficits in these functions affect academic and social aspects of learning, and gain strategies to enhance executive function skills in a college environment.
Course Description:
Executive functions play a critical role in the overall learning process as the all-encompassing self-regulatory system of cognition. Deficits in executive function impact all aspects of learning, including academic and social. In this mini-course, attendees will learn about the various executive function skills that impact higher-level learning and techniques to support them in a college setting.
Learner Outcomes
- Participants will be able to communicate the role that executive functions play in the learning process.
- Participants will be able to describe different techniques for supporting executive functions in the college setting.
Presentation in spoken English. ASL interpreting services have been requested.
This program is sponsored by NTID Communication Studies and Services and NTID Professional Development as part of the Spoken Communication Techniques and Strategies (SCTS) series.
Event Snapshot
When and Where
Who
This is an RIT Only Event
| Cost | FREE |
Interpreter Requested?
Yes