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LIVE STREAM: April 28 – 30, 2025 from 8:30am – 4:00pm (Vancouver, BC) Please adjust your start time according to your specific time zone.
ON-DEMAND: Recorded footage & course content (certificate, videos, quiz) will be available until June 2, 2025. Please allow 3 – 10 business days for footage to be processed. Extensions cannot be granted under any circumstances.
Registration will close April 27, 2025.
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 | Day Three
Intervention Strategies to Improve Self-Regulation and Executive Function
Do you work with children and adolescents who struggle with attention, organization, transitions, and planning? Are you looking for effective strategies to help students who often act out, get overwhelmed, or struggle to understand the consequences of their actions? These challenges often stem from deficits in Executive Functioning (EF)—a critical set of cognitive skills needed for self-regulation and goal-directed behaviour.
The good news is that Executive Functioning can be taught and strengthened!
In this hands-on workshop, Kathy Morris, M.Ed., B.S., an international speaker, speech therapist, and educator with over 42 years of experience, will guide you through evidence-based strategies to improve EF skills in children and adolescents. Kathy will introduce metacognitive and self-regulation techniques that use visual aids and interactive activities to improve key skills such as:
- Inhibitory Control: Helping students pause before acting to control impulses.
- Adaptability: Building resilience and the ability to cope with changes.
- Mental Flexibility: Encouraging problem-solving and task switching.
- Executive Attention: Improving focus, prioritization, and task completion.
- Emotional Control: Managing frustration and anxiety during emotionally charged situations.
- Social Skills: Enhancing communication and peer interactions.
De-Escalating Behaviour in the Classroom: Intervention Strategies for After the Meltdown
Witnessing a child spiral into an emotional meltdown can be one of the most challenging moments in the classroom. Children with autism, ADHD, and other executive function difficulties often struggle with emotional regulation, leading to outbursts that disrupt learning and social interactions. These behaviours can leave educators, parents, and caregivers feeling frustrated and uncertain about how to help.
This 3-hour workshop is designed for educators, parents, and caregivers who want to learn effective, research-based strategies for intervening when a child’s behaviour escalates. If you’ve seen children removed from class or sent to timeout, missing valuable learning and social time, this session will provide the tools you need to respond more effectively.
Led by Kathy Morris, M.Ed., B.S., a seasoned expert with over 45 years of experience working with children with autism, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental challenges, this workshop offers practical strategies for managing meltdowns, tantrums, and challenging behaviours caused by sensory overload and emotional dysregulation.
Participants will learn how to use visual supports, hands-on techniques, and structured routines to help children regain self-regulation and prevent future outbursts. The course focuses on fostering positive behaviours, enhancing self-regulation skills, and improving the overall quality of life for neurodiverse children.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have an actionable plan and the tools needed to de-escalate behaviour, support emotional regulation, and guide children toward positive replacement behaviours—helping them thrive both academically and socially.
Intervention Strategies to Improve Self-Regulation and Executive Function
- Understand Executive Functioning (EF):
Define EF and its role in self-regulation and goal-directed behavior, identifying common deficits in children and adolescents.
- Identify EF Challenges:
Recognize behaviors stemming from EF deficits, including difficulties with attention, organization, transitions, planning, and understanding consequences.
- Learn Evidence-Based Strategies:
Explore research-supported techniques to improve inhibitory control, adaptability, mental flexibility, executive attention, emotional control, and social skills.
- Implement Metacognitive and Self-Regulation Techniques:
Apply visual aids and interactive activities to teach students to reflect on their thinking and regulate their actions.
- Support Emotional Regulation:
Equip students with tools to manage frustration, anxiety, and other strong emotions in emotionally charged situations.
- Foster Resilience and Flexibility:
Develop students’ abilities to adapt to change, solve problems, and switch tasks effectively.
- Enhance Social and Communication Skills:
Teach strategies to improve peer interactions and build meaningful relationships.
- Facilitate Goal-Directed Behavior:
Support students in setting, prioritizing, and completing tasks to achieve long-term goals.
- Promote Classroom Success:
Integrate EF strategies into classroom routines to reduce acting out, overwhelm, and disruptive behaviors.
- Empower Educators and Caregivers:
Provide tools and practical strategies for teachers and caregivers to support EF skill development in everyday settings.
De-Escalating Behaviour in the Classroom: Intervention Strategies for After the Meltdown
- Identify the causes of emotional meltdowns in children with autism, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental challenges, including sensory overload and emotional dysregulation.
- Understand and apply research-based intervention strategies to de-escalate emotional outbursts and challenging behaviors in real-time.
- Learn how to implement visual supports, hands-on techniques, and structured routines to improve emotional self-regulation in neurodiverse children.
- Develop strategies to prevent future meltdowns by fostering positive replacement behaviors and enhancing executive function skills.
- Create a personalized, actionable plan to respond effectively to emotional outbursts, ensuring children remain engaged in learning and social interactions.
- Support a child’s long-term development by encouraging self-regulation skills that enhance their academic and social success.
Education and Clinical Professionals: All education and mental health or healthcare professionals who work with children or youth including, but not limited to K–12 Classroom Teachers, School Counsellors, Learning Assistance/Resource Teachers, School Administrators, School Paraprofessionals including Special Education Assistants, Classroom Assistants and Childcare Workers • All other professionals who support behavioural challenges and complex learning needs including but not limited to: Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists, Clinical Counsellors, Family Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Addiction Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Probation Officers and Community Police Officers.
Kathy Morris, M.Ed., has been a speech therapist, teacher for self-contained programs (including students with autism, severe behavioural difficulties, and cerebral palsy), resource teacher and first grade teacher. She was also a diagnostician/supervisor for all grade levels. She was a LIFE Skills/autism/ behaviour/assistive technology consultant at a Texas education service center before leaving to start her own business in 1999. Her business, igivuWings, has reached families and educators throughout the world,. Kathy has had over 42 years of experience working with children and adolescents with severe behavioural difficulties.
| Registration | Early bird Fee | Regular Fee |
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| Individual 1 Day Enrollment | $244.00 | N/A |
| Individual 2 Day Enrollment | $484.00 | N/A |
| Individual 3 Day Enrollment | $664.00 | N/A |
All fees are in Canadian dollars ($CAD) and per person.
Group rates and student discounts are available. Please contact webinars@jackhirose.com for more information.
Fees are per person, seat sharing is not allowed. Please respect this policy, failure to comply will result in termination of access without a refund. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com
