LD Online
Yesterday we looked the site: www.ldonline.com
In particular was the was the article on 'Starting School' (http://www.ldonline.org/lavoie/Strategies_to_Start_Off_a_New_School_Year)
On Tienet there is a great page on the resource year.

Executive Functioning

K

• Materials
• Time
• Space
• Requires accountability (a plan and a person)
• working memory
• what colour are polar bears?
• white
• info pulled from long term to working memory
• thinking helps with memory

W

• the exercise requires visualising

L

• neurons deteriorate if not used
• major growth up to 2 years and 11-14 years of age
• covers all forms of diagnosis
• response inhibition
• same outcome with better behaviour (exploration)
• cognitive flexibility
• prompts
• initiating tasks
• 'unstuck and on target' article http://www.fcps.edu/dss/conference/materials/Session_3/37_Kenworthy_UnstuckOnTarget/Spec%20Ed%20Conf%203%202%2013.pdf
• sustained attention
• planning / organisation
• apps:
• SLD specialist
• Emotional Regulation
• teach at the moment in their environment
• organisation
• time management
• meta-cognition
• time to shareon how they solve problems in e.g. math
• working memory
• post it note system of the brain
• modelling has bigger impact on student than telling
• pay attention to encode
• first encode then retrieve
• video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V57saJT698) Give the purpose behind using memory and strategies.
• adult: 7 items
• 5: 1-2
• 10: 3
• 14: 4
• lumosity site
• memory strengthening app: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/memory-matches/id380007120?mt=8 
• video on memory: exercise
• lips, ocean, brain, jacket, clouds, butterfly, volcano, car, wave, suitcase,
• universal truths
• sleep
• movement and play
• play games
• other strategies
• using a planner
• schedules
• slef advocacy
• allow them to become independent
• highlighting
• taking notes
• stickies app (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/stickies/id455507673?mt=8)
• visual schedule
• organise thoughts (mind maps)
• use it or lose it