SENGinar - Executive Functioning: The Building Blocks of Success

Do you know any gifted or twice-exceptional students who: Struggle with time management? Have trouble initiating tasks? Are unable to self-regulate emotions? Can't manage transitions? Executive functioning deficits hinder a student's success, academically and socially. This session helps you understand how these lagging skills impact your 2e child/students and offers tools to help students build their E.F. skills and confidence!

About the Presenter:

Emily is the   host of the “Mind Matters” podcast, which explores topics related to gifted   and neurodiverse individuals through the lifespan. She provides mental health   counseling for gifted and 2e individuals in her private practice outside of   St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to becoming a counselor, Emily worked as a teacher   in gifted programming for elementary and middle school students. Emily’s   book, “Teaching Twice-Exceptional Students in Today’s Classroom,” will be published   by Free Spirit Publishing in the summer/fall of 2021.