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What Every SLP Needs to Know about Executive Function

Attendees will leave with a better understanding of the executive function system, its role in speech and language development, the foundational components of perception, attention, and working memory, as well as action items that can be implemented in therapy sessions, classrooms or at home immediately.

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This course was live Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 5 p.m. ET. Replays are now available through Jan. 31, 2025.

Executive function plays a critical role in the overall learning process as the all-encompassing self-regulatory system of cognition. Executive function needs to impact all aspects of learning, including speech and language. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of the executive function system, its role in speech and language development, the foundational components of perception, attention, and working memory, as well as action items that can be implemented in therapy sessions, classrooms or at home immediately.

Presenters

Tera Sumpter
M.A., CCC-SLP
Tera Sumpter, M.A., CCC-SLP, is the founder of Seeds of Learning, LLC, a private practice in Cleveland, Ohio, which specializes in executive function, reading, and other pediatric learning disabilities. A former adjunct instructor of Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism in the Cleveland State University's Speech and Hearing Program, Tera currently presents her integrative cognitive processing and executive function model across the United States and internationally. Tera also has experience as a medical speech language pathologist in both inpatient and outpatient hospital settings. Tera is the author of the internationally best-selling book, The Seeds of Learning: A Cognitive Processing Model for Speech, Language, Literacy and Executive Functioning. She also runs an online international educational network for speech-language pathologists, parents and allied professionals who want to learn more about executive function and how to integrate it into their current therapeutic practice.

Learning Objectives

Define executive function and name three skills of the executive function system.
Describe different techniques for supporting perception and attention in children.
Describe different techniques for supporting working memory in children.

Agenda

15 minutes	Introduction to the executive function system
30 minutes	Introduction to the executive function skills of perception, attention and working memory and techniques to support them in children
15 minutes	Executive function impacts on speech and language development

Disclosures

Financial Disclosures:	Tera Sumpter receives a royalty for her book, The Seeds of Learning. She receives a salary from her private practice, Seeds of Learning LLC, and income from her online educational community on Mighty Networks.
Non-financial Disclosures:	Tera Sumpter has no non-financial relationships to disclose.
Content Disclosures:	Tera Sumpter has no additional content information to disclose.

ASHA

This course is offered for .1 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate Level, Professional Area

To earn ASHA CEUs you must complete the courses by viewing them, provide course feedback, pass the exams with a score of 80 or more, provide your ASHA credentials, and confirm submission.

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