Additional Resources:

2014 BIAS Report- Technical Supplement

2015 SBST Annual Report

Webinar Slides

In this webinar, Richard Guare, Ph.D., discusses how the adult executive skills profile can be used to help an individual understand their strengths and weaknesses and to help program staff better anticipate where additional support may be needed to help individuals set and achieve their goals.

ES Profile Webinar Slides

The rapidly growing scientific knowledge on self-regulation and executive function skills provides new information that employment and related human service programs can use to redesign their programs with an eye towards improving outcomes for individual program participants who have not benefited from current approaches. In this webinar, LaDonna Pavetti from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities provides a goal-oriented framework that human service programs can use to reshape their programs using this new knowledge. The webinar includes examples of programs that are already using executive function principles to guide the design and delivery of their programs.

Webinar Slides

This webinar explains why the Harvard Center on the Developing Child believes that building adult capabilities is critical to achieving “breakthrough outcomes” for children and why they believe “rapid-cycle learning” is a critical component of getting to these breakthrough outcomes. Adoption of this approach to learning will help to ensure that as we begin to apply executive function principles to our work, we maximize our learning about what works best and for whom. In addition, this webinar will provide information on how the Center, through its Frontiers of Innovation project, is spurring innovation by finding opportunities to apply scientific knowledge to real world practice situations.

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Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change

The webinar is an excellent introduction to how neuroscientists define executive function skills for adults, how executive functions develop and the factors that influence their development.  The executive functions that Silvia has found critical for adults are:

• Self-control which involves controlling one’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. It is important for not getting distracted from a goal and not immediately getting angry when someone upsets you.  
• Planning which refers to the ability to outline long-term goals and identify obstacles and possible solutions. It is the skill that is used to lay out the series of steps needed to achieve goals, including setting appropriate deadlines and reminders.
• Monitoring which refers to the moment-by-moment awareness of thoughts, feelings, behavior and one’s progress towards a goal.  It is important for assessing how well I am doing at completing the task at hand and whether my behavior is appropriate for the setting

Powerpoint slides in PDF format for this webinar:
Adult Executive Functions – Presentation by Silvia Bunge (Slides)

This webinar provides information on the relevance of executive function skills, the interrelationship of various executive function skills and principles and strategies for improving executive function skills. Dr. Adele Diamond, Professor of Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, The University of British Columbia, conducts the webinar.

Powerpoint slides in PDF format for this webinar:
Principles and Strategies for Improving Executive Function Skills – Presentation by Dr. Adele Diamond (Slides)