Strategies for Successful Executive Function, with Mary Olszewski, Gurian Certified Trainer and Lovett Executive Function and Athletics Coach.  For decades, academic research has indicated that students who have difficulties with Executive Function skills struggle with thinking flexibly, maintaining self-control, and accessing working memory.  This creates many challenges for students when learning in the classroom, on the field, or at home. In this fun and dynamic workshop, coach Mary Olszewski tells and invites stories from her own coaching experiences, and then provides proven strategies for coaching boys and girls most successfully toward high level executive functioning, from bonding mechanisms to coaching rituals to verbal cues, and much more.

Best Practices for Working with Learning-Different Students, with Beth Black, Founder of Cherokee Creek Boys School, and Gurian Certified Trainer, as well as others on the CCBS team.   Cherokee Creek Boys School is a therapeutic boarding school and Gurian Institute Model School that specializes in working with learning different boys and boys who present with behavioral issues.  CCBS works with boys on the ASD spectrum, boys with ADD/ADHD, boys with sensory integration difficulties, and boys diagnosed as behavioral challenges in mainstream schools.  Beth and CCBS have developed a holistic model that she will share in this workshop, one that is brain-based and uses boy-focused strategies.  Be prepared to explore exciting ways to get challenging and “difficult” boys in sync with the mission and values of your classroom and community.