These slides were developed for a webinar in spring 2025.
Here’s the session overview:
How Can We Support Neurodivergent Learners’ Executive Function Skills?
This webinar equips educators with the understanding and tools to support neurodivergent learners in overcoming executive function challenges. With a focus on practical, classroom-ready strategies, attendees will learn how to foster independence, improve task management, and create environments where neurodivergent students can thrive. Rooted in empathy and understanding, the session highlights the key barriers to executive function and provides actionable approaches to address these in ways that benefit all learners. Staff will leave with ideas they can implement the very next day to make a tangible difference.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify key executive function challenges and their impact on learning & behaviour
- Understand the lived experiences of neurodivergent learners to foster empathy
- Implement practical strategies to support organisation, focus, & task completion
- Adapt communication & environments to reduce cognitive load & support self-regulation
- Equip students with tools to build independence and self-advocacy
If you were there, I hope these are a helpful aide-memoire. If not, I hope they make enough sense without me to be useful. If you’d like to download them, you can do so via this page on Patreon.
Further Resources
Here are some further resources you might find helpful to build on the session:
- DOWNLOAD: Check-In Cards
- DOWNLOAD: Powerpoint timers
- DOWNLOAD: Hand in check list
- DOWNLOAD: All about me!
- DOWNLOAD: Task Planner
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