Additional Resources:

2014 BIAS Report- Technical Supplement

2015 SBST Annual Report

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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.

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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.

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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)

National Dialogue on Career Pathways – webinar archives

Can SNAP’s Employment and Training (E&T) program provide real avenues to self-sufficiency? The SNAP E&T pilot project authorized in the 2014 Farm Bill has generated interest from states looking to test promising approaches designed to help SNAP participants obtain unsubsidized jobs and raise earnings through the SNAP Employment and Training program. On this webinar, we discuss the intent, scope and details of the pilot project. States considering whether or not to submit a proposal are in the process of identifying promising projects–from existing SNAP E&T components to new approaches permitted under the pilot such as subsidized employment and work supports.  This webinar discusses the intent, scope and details of the pilot project, key implementation issues, the role the rigorous evaluation will play in the pilot and the larger context of existing SNAP E&T programs.

Click here for CBPP SNAP E&T Webinar – Slides (PDF)

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)

In this webinar, Debby Kratky, who works on special projects for the Tarrant County (Ft. Worth) Texas Workforce Board, will describe the strategies they use to help individuals with criminal convictions find and maintain employment.  She will provide information on how they prepare individuals for their entry or reentry into the labor force, how they work with employers and how they use wage subsidies to aid in the transition.

Finding Their Strengths – Webinar Slides

Instead of placing everyone in job search as they have done in the past, DC now uses the results of an upfront assessment to place people in three different service tracks based on their job readiness and presence of significant employment barriers. In this webinar, staff responsible for the implementation of the tiered model of service delivery provide a description of the model and talk about what they have learned from its early implementation.

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