Building Effective Executive Functioning Skills
When: December 6 and 7, 2025 (In Person)
Location: Manila, Philippines
Description
Executive functions are the mental processes that allow us to plan, focus, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. While we expect students to have developed these skills by a young age, many face challenges in organization, time management, task persistence, and emotional regulation—key components of executive functioning. Despite the central role these skills play in academic, social, and professional success, there is often no structured curriculum to explicitly teach them.
This two-day workshop will explore the fundamental executive functions required to thrive in the classroom, workplace, and everyday life. We will delve into the role of early childhood development and sensory processing in shaping executive function abilities, and how these factors impact learning and performance. Participants will gain access to an executive functioning assessment questionnaire tool and gain hands-on experience with a variety of sensory, motor, and developmental activities designed to support adaptive functioning in both classroom and social settings.
Suitable for educators, therapists, and anyone working with students or individuals of all ages and abilities, this workshop offers practical techniques that can be implemented immediately. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to enhance executive functioning skills, foster greater independence, and support positive outcomes across multiple environments.
This workshop is ideal for professionals working with individuals across different diagnostic categories and age groups, providing valuable tools for improving executive function performance in both academic and social contexts.
Contact: [email protected]
Outline/Agenda
Schedule Day 1
9.00 to 10.30am Overview of Executive Functioning Skills
10.30 to 11.00am Break
11.00 to 12.30am Skillset 1: Organization and Planning
(Definition and strategies)
12.30 to 13.30pm Lunch
13.30 to 15.30pm Skillset 2: Attention and Working Memory
(Definition and strategies)
15.30 to 15.45pm Break
15.45 to 17. 00pm Skillset 3: Emotional Regulation
(Definition and strategies)
Schedule Day 2
9.00 to 10.30am Math and Reading Skills
(Strategies included)
10.30 to 11.00am Morning Break
11.00 to 12.30pm Social Skills
(Strategies included)
12.30 to 13.30pm Lunch
13.30 to 15.30pm Assessment and Developmental Hierarchy
(Includes activities and strategies)
15.30 to 15.45pm Break
15.45 to 17.00pm Developmental Hierarchy continued
(Includes activities and strategies)
Learning Objectives:
The workshop participants will be able to:
- Describe and intervene with at least 10 different executive functioning skills that could potentially inhibit the students from achieving their optimal learning potential.
- Be equipped to identify strengths and weaknesses in students and be able to target collective profiles in group activities
- Identify 7 steps of a sensory-developmental hierarchy that would support student readiness to apply themselves to learning
- Practically apply 10 to 20 activities that would support student’s ability to learn, while also supporting the curriculum within a fun, and engaging learning environment
- Be empowered in their intervention to achieve their goals in enabling students to learn
Who should attend this workshop?
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- Therapists supporting students in developing classroom engagement, academic participation, and social skills
- Teachers seeking strategies to help students apply themselves effectively in the learning environment
- Psychologists needing guidance on translating assessment results into actionable strategies
- Caseworkers or Student Advocates looking for insights to better support educational teams with assessment and intervention strategies
Provider Name: The Maude Le Roux Academy
Presenter: Maude Le Roux, OTR/L, SIPT, Expert DIR/Floortime Trainer
Bio: Maude Le Roux, OTR/L, is an international trainer with regards to a variety of different courses. She is an accomplished occupational therapist with great affinity for learning and understanding the human brain. She was born and raised in South Africa and graduated from the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town in 1984. Maude and Charl Le Roux moved to the USA in 1993 and opened a private practice, A Total Approach, in September 2001. Maude specializes in Sensory Integration services as it applies to functional activities of daily living, including improving the ability of children / students of all ages to partake in his/her learning environment.
Maude designs her own live and online courses in addition to training for other agencies such as ICDL. She works with a team of occupational therapists and speech language pathologists in her practice. She is well known for her experience and work with children who carry a diagnosis on the Autism Spectrum, Attachment, Sensory Processing Disorder, and Dyslexia/ Learning Disabilities. Maude is a mentor to many therapists, including OT and DIR professionals internationally. She opened The Maude Le Roux Academy online in January 2019. Maude has presented at conferences in a variety of settings across the US and has an extensive international following. She has co-authored the book, The Listening Journey, with Francoise Nicoloff, and her second book, Our Greatest Allies, is available on Amazon.com.
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Physical Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Educators
Educational Level: Intermediary
Instructional Methods: PowerPoint, Group Discussion, Video
Contact Hours: 11 hours, 30 minutes
Questions? Contact: [email protected]
