Overview

Learn to build executive function skills to help improve your treatment outcomes. In this self-paced online course, you will learn interventions to use immediately and boost your confidence working on executive function. This master course focuses on strengths-based techniques using the fun Train Model.

  • Foundational Knowledge

    Strengthen your understanding of executive function (EF) and EF milestones.

  • Range of Topics

    This course covers milestones, scaffolding, planning & organization, time management & working memory, metacognition, emotional responses, sustained attention, theory of mind, task initiation, and more!

  • Practical Application

    Learn about assessments, and goal-writing, and see several case studies.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome & Introductory Video- ALL ABOARD!

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Before we begin...

    3. How to use this course

    4. Please DOWNLOAD - Slide Deck/Handouts for EF Master Course - Using the Train Model LARGE VERSION

    5. Please DOWNLOAD - Course Workbook EF Master Course Using the Train Model

    6. Please DOWNLOAD - Reference List, Supplemental Videos, and Course Videos

    7. AOTA Framework

    8. Module 1 Video

    9. Lucy Chocolate Video Link

    10. Jacob Video - Case Study

    11. EF Research Review Video

    12. Checkpoint: EF Terminology Defined

    1. Zone of Proximal Development White Paper - Fantastic Downloadable Resource!

    2. Module 2 - FIRST Video

    3. Module 2 - SECOND Video

    4. Module 2 - THIRD Video

    5. Complete the VARK Learning Style Questionnaire

    6. Scaffolding Strategies FREE resource

    7. Russell Barkley, PhD Fact Sheets About ADHD and EF

    8. Module 2 Checkpoint

    1. Module 3 - FIRST Video

    2. Module 3 - SECOND Video

    3. Module 3 Checkpoint

    1. Module 4 Video

    2. Sesame Street WM Video

    3. Time Blindness Video Review

    4. Great Video About ADHD and Time Blindness

    5. TickTick Scheduling App

    6. Module 4 Checkpoint

    1. Module 5 Video

    2. Hard-Easy Effect Website/Info

    3. Multiple Web Resources for Importance of Gesturing

    4. Metcognition Review Video

    5. Future Thinking Video (Seen within module 5 video)

    6. Module 5 Checkpoint

    1. Module 6 - FIRST Video on Neurology, Response Inhibition, and Emotional Control

    2. Psychological Momentum Theory (PMT) (seen within the module 6 video)

    3. Module 6 - SECOND Video on Sustained Attention

    4. Module 6 Checkpoint

About this course

  • $247.00
  • 51 lessons
  • 9 hours of video content

The Details

  • Who is this course for?

    PRIMARY AUDIENCE: Pediatric Occupational Therapists, OT Assistants, OT Students SECONDARY AUDIENCE: Speech-Language Pathologists, SLP Assistants, SLP graduate students, Physical Therapists, PT Assistants.

  • What's the Cost?

    $247 for 8.5 contact hours.

  • How is the course delivered?

    Online, on-demand! Access the course when it best fits your schedule!

  • Can I earn continuing education (CE) credit?

    The course is available for: .85 AOTA CEUs

  • Are there prerequisites?

    This is an introductory/beginner-level course. No pre-requisites are required for this course.

  • What are the requirements for course access?

    The Therapeutic Edge uses a course platform that records the dates and times of each completed module you take. This on-demand course is given via several video modules, a course workbook, downloadable slide handouts, and a final online post-test. Access to a computer with reliable audio and internet connection is required.

  • What are the requirements for course completion?

    Learners must watch all the video content and pass an online exam (multiple choice) with an 80% or higher. Learners will also have to complete a course evaluation/survey at the end to earn continuing education credit.

  • Do you allow partial credit?

    Participants must complete the entire course; partial credit is not allowed. The original purchaser must sign an attestation statement that they are the one who took the course as well as the post-test to receive CE credit.

  • What accommodations are available?

    Please contact [email protected] to request additional accommodations according to the Americans with Disabilities Act before purchase.

  • What is your cancellation/refund policy?

    Refunds will be issued within 14 days of purchase or if no more than 3 modules have been completed. There will be no refunds after this time due to the self-paced nature of the course. You may request a full-refund or transfer your registration to another course of equal value. To request a refund please email [email protected]. Please see the complete policy by clicking the link in the footer of this page titled "Policies."

  • Where can I find all of your policies?

    A full description of our cancellation/refund policies, complaint policies, accommodation request, privacy policies, and terms & conditions can be found linked in the footer of this page or at: https://thetherapeuticedge.thinkific.com/pages/policies.

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Learner Outcomes

Upon course completion, participants will:

  • Relate the importance of executive function to the occupations of children.

  • Compare and contrast thinking and doing skills.

  • Interpret the OTPF4 (AOTA, 2021) terminology as it relates to executive function.

  • Explain how behavioral concerns affect executive function during occupations of childhood.

  • Examine 3 treatment strategies and/or resources to help improve executive function and its sub-groups.

  • Distinguish between concepts of the train model in relation to executive function components.

  • Examine assessments that can be used to measure executive function in pediatric therapy.

  • Discuss Theory of Mind in relation to occupational performance.

  • Examine two of the metacognitive programs commonly used by therapists.

  • Recommend at least two working memory strategies.

  • Relate occupational therapy goals in multiple settings to executive function.

About the Instructor

Cara Koscinski, OTD, MOT, OTR/L

Dr. Cara Koscinski is many things!  She is the mother to two sons with autism, an occupational therapist, the original founder of The Pocket Occupational Therapist (now The Therapeutic Edge Collective), an author, educator, presenter, mentor, and more!

Dr. Koscinski has over 26 years of experience in the field of occupational therapy.  She has written 8 books related to the field and created countless resources such as continuing education courses, therapy materials, handouts, and more.

Disclosures:

Cara Koscinski is the founder of The Pocket Occupational Therapist (now The Therapeutic Edge Collective, owned by Brittni Winslow).  She is also the author of several books shown in this presentation.

Cara is the parent of two sons with autism.

This course does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

There is no external sponsor for this course.

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