- PMD: 4,6
- Cost: Included in Registration
- Skill Level: Introduction
- Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- describe the impact of deficits in executive skills on children’s academic, behavioral, and social–emotional functioning;
- identify and describe specific counseling techniques that foster executive skills;
- identify and describe the various subskills that encompass executive functioning;
- identify specific characteristics of four evidence-based counseling models that promote executive functioning (mindful-based therapies, cognitive–behavioral therapies, organizational skill intervention, and play therapies); and
- describe research evaluating the effectiveness of four evidence-based counseling models that promote executive functioning (mindful-based therapies, cognitive–behavioral therapies, organizational skill intervention, and play therapies).
Description
With the increase in referrals for academic and social–emotional concerns, it is critical that school psychologists use evidence-based counseling techniques. Learn about school counseling techniques for promoting executive functioning.
Presenter(s)
Pam W. Gershon, PsyD, Queens College/Private Practice
Nicholas J. Weinert, Queens College
Christina Reglas, Queens College
Christen M. Patalano, Queens College
Contributor(s)
Taylor E. Maddalena, Allison F. Lazzaro, Juli Cole
