Welcome to the 2024 Early Childhood Conference site! Sign-up for either or both days: click on Reserve A Seat to get your ticket(s) and complete the registration form. If you have questions or require assistance please call Kaui at (808) 305-9770 or via email at kauinohea.correa@k12.hi.us.
This session will describe the role of executive functions in children's self-regulation of behavior and discuss evidence-based strategies that facilitate the development of these executive functions. Expected Learner Outcomes At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: 1. Define executive functions and explain their roles in the self-regulation of behavior during early childhood. 2. Identify specific behaviors that signal executive function difficulties with self-regulation. 3. Apply evidence-based strategies to help young children improve their self-regulation of behavior. 4. Identify sources of information about how to foster the growth of self-regulation executive functions during early childhood.
This session will describe the crucial role of executive functions in learning and developing pre- academic skills. It will discuss evidence-based strategies teachers, aides, and parents can use to help children improve executive functions that facilitate pre-academic skill development. Expected Learner Outcomes At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: 1. Define executive functions and explain their role in pre-academic skill development during early childhood. 2. Recognize specific behaviors indicating executive function difficulties that negatively impact pre-academic skill development during early childhood. 3. Apply evidence-based strategies to help children improve self-regulation to facilitate pre-academic skill development. 4. Identify sources of information about how to improve executive functions to facilitate pre-academic skill development.
