Support Your Students Who Struggle with Time Management and Organization
Are you frustrated with the challenge of helping students with Executive Functioning (EF) deficits and ADHD?
In this online, self-paced course, Marydee Sklar will foster a deep understanding of the brain to help you develop your students' executive function skills.
The Building Executive Function Skills in the Classroom course is designed to help you:
Next Course Starts:
January 21, 2025
Course Dates:
January 21 - March 30, 2025
Course offered in Winter and Summer
Includes Two Live Session Dates on Zoom:
Thursday February 6, 2025 at 9am Pacific Time
Thursday March 6, 2025 at 9am Pacific Time
(The live sessions are optional. They are recorded so you can watch later if you are unavailable on the above dates.)
Cost: $495
All participants who successfully complete the course will receive a certificate of completion with which they can apply for professional development units.
Course Reading:
These two textbooks are optional and highly recommended. The readings will enhance your experience of the course and be great resources in the future.
Executive Function in the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Improving Performance and Enhancing Skills for All Students, by Christopher Kaufman, PhD
How the Brain Learns by David A. Sousa
This Course is the Missing Link I've Been Searching For!
This is one of the most valuable professional development courses I have taken in a LONG time! As an educator of 25 years and a certified yoga and mindfulness teacher, I found this course to be the missing link I've been searching for. These are life skills I wish I'd learned when I was in elementary school. Marydee is an expert who knows how to present the material in a relatable way. She breaks the learning into small chunks and provides video, text and reading materials to help you learn in the best way possible. I found myself looking forward to each new topic being released. I can't wait to apply what I have learned to both my own life and to my teaching. Thank you Marydee!
About The Course
How it works
Instructional video recordings will be made available via our secure, online classroom for one year from the class start date.
Add your impressions, questions and reflections to the online classroom.
Complete the course with clear, well-defined goals and strategies to apply in your classroom.
This course is appropriate for:
Course content will include:
Please Note: There are some overlapping concepts from the Teaching Seeing My Time program woven throughout this course, though each is a stand alone class.
How to Register:
- Register for the course using the 'Register Here' button above.
- Once your payment is processed, you will receive an automated email with information on how to log in to the secure, online classroom. Once you create an account, then we can enroll you in the course.
- Please keep an eye out for this email in your spam and promotions folders if you don't see it in your inbox.
This Course is a Game-Changer
The Building Executive Function Skills in the Classroom course is wonderful! I think the term I've used is "game changer" with district administration. You've done such a great job taking the incredibly complex world of neuroscience and making it accessible and practical for us all.
FAQ
Here are answers to some frequently asked questions:
Though we encourage you to schedule your sessions weekly, you may choose to space them farther apart. That is not a problem, though we ask you to complete all of your sessions within a five month time period.
Yes. Dr. Russell Barkley, a premier researcher in the field of ADHD, has argued that ADHD can largely be defined as deficits in executive functioning. These deficits transfer directly into poor time-management.
The activities in the Seeing My Time® workbook help participants with ADHD understand their brains' executive function challenges, and how they can support their brain to get things done. The workbook was designed for the creative, visually-oriented ADHD mind.
There is no magic wand or pill to “cure” deficits in executive functioning. However, through the Seeing My Time Program® , individuals are able to understand why they have to use external tools and then how to use effective strategies to support reaching goals and getting things done.
We have found that support at home is critical in developing and mastering executive function skills in students under 18 years old. When the family participates in the courses as a unit, they are better equipped to reinforce the skills learned during these sessions. This requirement also applies to college students or other adults living in the same household with their parent(s).
Each participant is required to have their own workbook, and will be guided on their own journey towards developing their executive function skills - parents and students alike. This allows all participants to benefit from the course, and to support one another as they move forward with their new habits.
Yes! The Seeing My Time Program® is great for students with learning disabilities or head injuries. Marydee started out as a teacher and reading specialist. She designed the Seeing My Time® workbook with struggling students in mind. There are very few words on most pages which makes it "friendly" for those with reading difficulties. Participants are asked to draw their responses so they don't have to spell or worry about handwriting. Verbal instruction is backed up with visuals drawn on a whiteboard, supporting visual learners and those with working memory challenges. Many of the activities are hands-on, using flags and sticky notes to concretely "see" time, which appeals to the kinesthetic learner. Teachers, educational therapists, and tutors around the country are using the Seeing My Time Program® materials to help LD students, middle school through college.
We Learned So Many Teaching Strategies!
"Not only has the Building Executive Function Skills in the Classroom course provided a streamlined organizational process for our students, but the strategies learned guide our lesson planning across the curriculum. By far, this has been the most applicable and beneficial class we have taken as educators over the last 13 years. We look forward to continued success for our students and ourselves."
