MRS. HANLEY
I'm the case manager for the Cyclone team. My time will be dedicated to managing Individual Education Plans, servicing students in the classroom setting and communicating with the team teachers, LMS staff and parents.
I can be reached at [email protected] (preferred)
or leave me a voicemail at 432-6925 x3210 and I will get back to you within 24 hours.
It's difficult to reach me during the day because I'm usually in a class working with students. I check my email and voicemail at the end of the day.
HOMEWORK
The student's assignment notebook is the best source for knowing the homework assignments. Please review your child's assignment notebook nightly with them. If there's a blank you can check the GOOGLE CLASSROOM for that class, as it may be posted there. Please note that X2 grades are not updated nightly. I'll occasionally send email blasts home with links to resources/information as well as post this information here.
HELPFUL SITES
www.sheppardsoftware.com is a great site to help study the countries of the world! Check it out!!!
https://quizlet.com/ is another super study tool that I'll be using.
What is Executive Functioning?
Executive Functioning is the CEO for your brain responsible for
guiding and managing thoughts, actions and emotions. Below are the 11
areas of executive functioning that are defined by Peg Dawson in her
book Smart but Scattered which refers to “brain based skills that require humans to execute” on a daily basis.
*Peg Dawson Smart But Scattered Copyright 2009
Response to Inhibition
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The capacity to think before you act- this ability to resist the
urge to say or do something allows your child time to evaluate a
situation and how his or her behavior might impact it.
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Working Memory
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The ability to hold information in memory while performing complex
tasks. It incorporates the ability to draw on past learning or
experiences to apply to the situation at hand or to project into the
future.
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Emotional Control
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The ability to manage emotions to achieve goals, complete tasks, or control and direct behavior.
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Sustained Attention
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The capacity to keep paying attention to a situation or task in spite of distractibility, fatigue or boredom.
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Task Initiation
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The ability to begin projects without undue procrastination in an efficient or timely fashion.
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Planning/Prioritization
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The ability to create a roadmap to reach a goal or to complete a
task. It also involves being able to make decisions about what’s import
to focus on and what’s not important.
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Organization
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The ability to create and maintain systems to keep track of information or materials.
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Time Management
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The capacity to estimate how much time one has, how to allocate
it, and how to stay within time limits and deadlines. It also involves a
sense that time is important.
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Goal- Directed Persistence
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The Capacity to have a goal, follows through to the completion of
the goal, and not be put off by or distracted by completing interests.
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Flexibility
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The ability to revise plans in the face of obstacles, setbacks,
new information, or mistakes. It relates to an adaptability to changing
conditions.
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Metacognition
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The ability to stand back and take a bird’s eye view of yourself
in a situation, to observe how you problem solve. It also includes
self-monitoring and self evaluation skills. .
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