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Executive Function: Impact on Academic Proficiency – CAMBRIDGE

This section of the course is only available to educators registered through Cambridge Public Schools. If you are not a part of Cambridge Public Schools, please click here to be redirected to the open enrollment version of this course.

Required text will be provided by Rasmiya Ferej,  OSS Clerk.

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This course provides educators with an overview of the components of executive function. It covers the impacts of having both a language-based learning disability (LBLD) and executive function deficits, as well as practical instructional strategies to support students. The course is divided into six, self-paced modules. The module topics include: Overview of Executive Function; Attention and Memory; Effort; Emotion; Motivation; and Executive Function and the Landmark Teaching Principles™.  Each module includes key information about the topic, demonstration of specific strategies, assignments that put theory into practice, and opportunities to discuss and reflect on course content with peers.