UPCOMING EVENTS

Full-Day Executive Function Teacher Workshop

Fall Dates to be Announced in August, 2012

Executive Functions are the brain processes that enable us to regulate the world around us, utilizing organizational and higher-order learning skills. Development of the skills listed below are essential for success in school and later in life.

Organizational

• Planning
• Adaptability
• Time management
• Motivation
• Self-monitoring
• Maintaining attention

Higher-Order Learning Skills

• Goal setting
• Sequencing
• Abstract thinking
• Reasoning
• Decision making
• Problem solving

This program is designed for classroom and subject-area teachers of grade levels 3–12, special education teachers, school psychologists and social workers, school principals and other interested administrators.

Parent Connections

May 24,  2012  (the last gathering before the summer break)
from 1:00–2:30 PM

As parents of children with neurobehavioral disorders, you face many challenges. While a sympathetic friend or family member can provide support and comfort, you may find it helpful to talk with others who deal firsthand with similar circumstances. Parent Connections was formed to provide an opportunity for you to participate in informal, parent-led groups, share ideas on what has worked for you and your child, benefit from the experiences and suggestions of others, discuss issues or concerns you may have about your child in an understanding environment, and receive support from and network with other parents.

Location:
Rush NeuroBehavioral Center
4711 Golf Road, Suite 1100,  Skokie, IL 60076
Phone: 847–933-9339

There is no fee to participate in this program.  To RSVP, please email info@rnbc.org with Parent Connections in the subject line.

Past Presentations

Ruth Cross, M.S.  “Implementing Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) for All Students.” This workshop is designed to promote SEL and maximize learning around the benefits of systemic SEL in schools.

Dr. Bernadette Evans Smith presented “Examining the Effectiveness of Mindfulness for Treating Children with ASD and ADHD,” Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, at their 10^th Annual International Scientific Conference, 2012. 

Dr. Bernadette Evans-Smith presented Assessment and Treatment of NLD Syndrome” for parents of Chicago Hydrocephalus Support Group.

Social Thinking Workshop
May 4 & 5, 2011

Michelle Garcia Winner, MA, CCC, the author of Inside Out: What Makes the Person with Social Cognitive Deficits Tick (2000) and Thinking About You, Thinking About Me (2002), is known for her very practical and down-to-earth approach. She will spend the day focusing on how social behavior develops and how to assist students who must learn cognitively what their peers learn intuitively. Special emphasis will be put on the needs of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Past Library Presentations

Dr. Georgia Bozeday presented “Praise: How Much Is Too Much” based on research from the book Mindset by Carol Dweck, at the Lincoln Park Library

Dr. Anne Howard presented, “Parenting Tips for Challenging Behaviors“
at the Lincoln Park Library in Chicago and the Wilmette Public Library

Ms Barbara Resnick presented “How to Acquire School Services” for your Student” at the Northbrook Public Library on March 1 2011

Dr. Georgia Bozeday presented, Organized Child: Building Executive Functions” at the Wilmette Public Library on November 4, 2010

Andrea Victor, Phd and Rachel Tercek, PhD presented “How to Help Your Anxious Child” at the Northbrook Public Library on Nov. 8, 2010

Bernadette Evans-Smith, PhD presented “Fostering Your Child’s Social Success” at the Lincoln Park Library in Chicago on Nov. 16, 2010  

Laurie Raymond MS, OTR/L will present “Sensory Processing Difficulties: Early Detection and an Overview of Treatment” at the Lincoln Park Library in Chicago on October 11, 2011