Introduces students to the Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) as the brain's 'CEO' and the concept of Executive Functioning as the operating system for success. Explores the neuroscience of why the adolescent brain is 'under construction'.
A lesson designed for junior high students with intellectual disabilities to distinguish between compliments and insults using visual supports and sorting activities.
A set of scaffolds designed to help 10th-grade students with SLD and ADHD structure, draft, and refine a 750-1000 word argumentative essay on adolescent-focused topics.
The final graduation mission: complex 2-step directions followed independently for a final assessment.
A mixed review of 2-step directions involving letters, numbers, and shapes.
Focuses on the 'impulse control' aspect of attention: starting the 2-step task immediately after the 'GO' signal.
Introduces 2-step directions where the student must choose between two options (e.g., 'Draw a red OR blue circle').