Trying to Carry Water in a Colander: Supporting Executive Functioning Skills in Neurodivergent Clients
with Matthew John Zakreski, PsyD
Friday, February 21 | 9:00 am PT/12:00 pm ET
Duration: 1 hour
“Can’t you just focus?” That’s a common refrain directed at neurodivergent children, teens, and young adults who struggle with executive functioning skills, such as time management, organization, task initiation, response inhibition, etc. This presentation will clear up the misinformation surrounding executive functioning skills, especially why they occur and how to help remediate them. We’ll look at the neuroscience behind executive functioning, and how to use the realities of the neurodivergent brain to help clients shape and build these skills.
After attending this webinar, participants will be able to:
* Explain how executive functioning challenges are linked to neuroscience and to various developmental conditions across the psychological and behavioral spectrums
* Describe executive functioning strategies that have been shown to work with neurodivergent clients, and discuss how to adapt those strategies for clients
* Identify challenges in supporting clients to implement executive functioning strategies, and explain ways to overcome those challenges
Speaker bio:
Matthew Zakreski, PsyD
Known as “Dr. Matt” to his patients, Dr. Zakreski is a clinical psychologist who utilizes an eclectic approach to meet the specific needs of his neurodivergent clients. He is proud to serve the Gifted Community as a consultant, professor, author, and researcher. Cofounder of The Neurodiversity Collective, he has spoken more than 300 times all over the world on the topic of supporting neurodivergent kids. Dr. Zakreski graduated from Widener University’s Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology.