With the many changes and challenges in our lives, you may have experienced more of your students are having difficulties organising their thinking, staying focused, controlling impulses, remembering key information, and regulating their behaviour. The executive function is crucial to enabling these essential skills that help your students to maximise learning opportunities and improve their wellbeing.
Discover how you can provide timely strategies related to your students’ holistic needs to strengthen their executive function and re-engage them in their learning within your inclusive classroom.
This course will allow you to:
- Know what executive function is and how it impacts your students’ learning and behaviour.
- Understand how executive function relates to common diagnoses such as ADHD, ASD and anxiety.
- Experience effective brain-informed instructional strategies to improve executive functioning that address your students’ identified learning and behaviour challenges.
Course approach: Self paced.
Course length: Approximately 2 hours.
Suitability:
This online course is suitable for professionals working in Catholic, Government and Independent Primary or Secondary schools:
- Early years educators
- Classroom teachers
- Specialist teachers
- Education Support Officers
- Pre-service, Graduates and Relief teachers.
What you need for this online course:
- Access to a laptop/notebook or desktop device with internet connectivity and headphones.
- Relevant resources from downloadable links provided.
Meet your Presenter ...
Georgina Pazzi is a Specialist Education and Wellbeing Consultant. She works in Government, Catholic and Independent Primary, Secondary and Special Schools, as well as Early Childhood, Tertiary, Business and Not-for-Profit organisations. She has over 33 years of experience in educational leadership including curriculum innovation, ICT, progressive pedagogies, coaching, assessment and reporting. She has headed key government educational initiatives, developed successful learning, wellbeing and leadership programs, and consulted for the Department of Education and Training. As an expert teaching practitioner, Georgina works extensively in classrooms with teachers and their diverse students to improve practice, student outcomes and learning environments. Georgina is also an outstanding learning and wellbeing coach, working holistically with at risk students from preschool to Year 12 and their families.
Her extensive research and expertise in education, wellbeing, and digital learning, led to the development of Human Literacy as a progressive, sustainable curriculum, pedagogy and heutagogy that holistically transforms teaching, learning and wellbeing. Georgina is known internationally as an inspiring speaker, researcher, businesswoman, philanthropist and strong advocate for educators, young people and parents to ensure lifelong learning success. Georgina was previously an Assistant Principal in a two campus P-9 College. Her passion for excellence in education has been recognised in state and national awards. Her presentations will leave you with a wealth of knowledge, strategies, resources and inspiration to make a difference to all you work with.