30-Minute Groups: Executive Function: Boosting Brainpower, Increasing Productivity, and Achieving Academic Success - Paperback

by Laura Filtness (Author)

Unlock Student Success with Essential Executive Function Skills

Are you looking for an engaging tool to help your students develop essential Executive Function skills?

This workbook will equip you with everything you need to do just that! Teach crucial skills like planning, time management, and goal setting in thirty-minute lessons for small group instruction in grades 2-9. It's flexible, adaptable, and requires minimal prep time!

Designed to build strong cognitive skills for success, this workbook is rooted in practical strategies to help children become more organized, focused, and better equipped to manage their thoughts and actions.

Inside, you'll find:

• 10 Complete Lessons with ASCA(R) standards
• Comprehensive Action Plan
• Permission and Completion Letters to send to caregivers
• Attendance Logs
• Pre- and Post-Assessments for program effectiveness
• Results Report to share with interested parties

Topics include planning, time management, organization, task initiation, attention, self-monitoring, self-regulation, impulse control, and flexible thinking. The lessons and activities in this thoughtfully crafted resource are designed to help students understand these skills, practice using them, and develop strategies they can apply in their daily lives.

This workbook's practical design allows students to learn through interactive activities and real-world examples, while also fostering connection and shared learning within the group. Use the 30-Minute Groups: Executive Function workbook to help provide a strong foundation for students to become more effective learners and build essential life skills!

Author Biography

Laura Filtness, M.Ed., is a dedicated school counselor with over 15 years of experience exploring engaging activities and the power of books to support young minds in elementary classrooms. As a school counselor, she is passionate about fostering empathy and emotional growth in students. She also believes deeply that picture books are for everyone, no matter their age. Her therapy dog, Boss, inspired her debut picture book, My Brain Is Like A Puppy.

Laura has presented nationally on a variety of topics, including incorporating mindfulness into school programs, supporting students with ADHD, and using books and cooperative activities to transform lessons. She also holds multiple ASCA Specialist certifications.

Born in Coventry, England, Laura now lives in Knoxville, TN, with her two dogs, Brooklyn and Bindu. When she's not counseling or writing, she stays busy teaching yoga and Pilates, tackling endless home renovation projects, and watching anything and everything on TV.