Videos

Videos posted on the BESTskills4life YouTube Page

Graphics to Download

Executive Functioning Skills for Life

Executive Function Skills

Executive FUNction Holiday Gift Guide

Locker Visual

Executive Function Ideas for the Classroom

Summer Activities for Executive Function Growth

Fading Plan for Blurting

Downloads

Checklists and Forms

BEES Planning Tool– For use when planning how to use strategies and teach Executive Function Skills for a specific student or class.

Executive Function Classroom Setup Checklist- Use this to document how you are incorporating EF skills in your classroom.

Executive Function Skills Profile– Free EF profile from EF Works (efworkslibrary.org)

Checklist for Executive Functioning Skills by age level– Free download with email address from BiLinguistics.org

Executive Dysfunction in the Classroom Checklist– Free download from ADDitude.org

Signs of Executive Functioning Issues at Different Ages– from Understood.org

Executive Function Skills by Age– Life Skills Advocate- free download with email

Gemini Guided Learning Directions for Math (Algebra)- by Heather Puls, MathWithAPuls

Plan to Increase Student Independence (page 9) – Kansas Department of Education

Activity Planner

adapted from Derbiszewska, K.A, & Tucker-Smith, T.N. “Super Charge Your Professional Learning”, 2020.

Lesson Readiness Tracker– use to discuss with student what they need and what will distract them during specific activities.

Lesson Readiness Tracker Graphic– for use with students who need visual supports.

Articles/ Publications

Closing the Gap Article- Harnessing Collective Efficacy: Strategies for AAC Implementation (Register at https://www.closingthegap.com/ to get free 7-day Solutions Membership)

AT/AAC Resources

SETT grid with questions

Books

4 Tips to Improve Your Executive Function Skills in the Workplace– from Indeed

Webinar Resources

Letter by Letter- Adventures in Writing

Alternate Pencils in action
DLM PD- Alternate Pencils- https://www.dlmpd.com/writing-with-alternate-pencils/
Stages of Writing– West Hartford Public Schools
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies. “Alternative Pencils.” UNC School of Medicine, https://www.med.unc.edu/healthsciences/clds/alternative-pencils/.
DLM writing video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1WgtZClfL8&t=771s

Beyond Belief: Building Teacher Buy-In for Comprehensive Literacy for All

Training Handouts

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Resources