Executive functioning skills are essential for learning, yet many students struggle to manage attention, emotions, and tasks. This engaging session explores practical ways educators can support regulation, reduce cognitive overload, and foster independence.
Participants will gain immediately usable strategies that help students move from frustration to success.
Presenter: Dr. Claire E. Hughes
CLAIRE E. HUGHES, Ph.D., is a Professor of Twice-Exceptional and Gifted Programs at Cleveland State University. Previously, she has been a Professor of Special Education and Elementary Education at the College of Coastal Georgia, Faculty Director of the Special Needs and Inclusion program at Canterbury Christ Church University in England, and a Fulbright Scholar to Greece. She is the President of The Association for the Gifted division of Council for Exceptional Children and is active in the National Association for Gifted Children, and Teacher Education Division of CEC. She is author of numerous books and chapters, and her research areas include: twice-exceptional children- particularly gifted children with autism; the use of Artificial Intelligence in schools; and international education.