Executive Function skills are necessary to become independent in life and Language is necessary for a person to be able to develop Executive Function skills. What does this look like for a person who uses Augmentative Alternative Communication? We will do a crosswalk by looking at Executive Function checklists and various Communication and Language development checklists to see how these areas fit together. Strategies to support emotional control, sustained attention, and response inhibition will be shared, and participants will practice picking vocabulary to support their student.
Participants will be able to:
? Identify the connection between language development and executive function skills
? Understand the importance of purposeful executive function skill teaching
? Prepare vocabulary to target different executive function skills