Unstuck and on Target: Deep Dive Into Flexibility
What's included
5 live meetings
2 hrs 30 mins in-class hoursHomework
includedAssessment
includedClass Experience
US Grade 2 - 5
This class is designed for 8- to 11-year-old students who have difficulties with flexibility, organization, and planning, specifically, school-age children who may have autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, or other related problems, who also have average IQ and at least a second-grade language and reading level. Neurotypical students are welcome also. The Course includes 8 foundational vocabulary icon words that serve as a "spine" to reinforce concepts. Week 1 Foundational Skills- Emotional identification and strategies; introduction to first Icon: Goal, Why, Plan, Do, or Check (GWPDC), Feeling Chains and Just Right Strategies Week 2 Flexible Thinking - Physical Flexibility, Cognitive Flexibility, introduction to icon 2: Flexible and Icon 3: Getting Stuck Week 3 How to be Flexible: Introduction to icon 4: Plan A->Plan B, Icon 5: Choice/No Choice, Icon 6 Big Deal/Little Deal, Icon 7: Compromise, Expect the Unexpected Week 4 Why be flexible? The Advantages of being flexible, What to do when what I want is impossible, Being Flexible Makes good things happen, Flexibility gives you power Week 5: Goals: Getting What you Want and Goal Directed Futures; Icon 8 Target
Syllabus
5 Lessons
over 5 WeeksLesson 1:
Session 1: Foundational Skills: Emotional identification and strategies
If students can identify the emotion they are feeling and with what intensity they are feeling it, they can make better choices about what to do next. This lesson builds on the concept that what students do affects themselves and others, enriching their understanding of the social world and its reciprocal influence on them. In addition, this understanding helps build motivation to use positive, active emotional regulation strategies
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Session 2: What is Flexibility?
The purpose of the lesson is to introduce the concept of Flexibility and bring salience to its definition. The activities included in this lesson are designed as hands-on opportunities to explore Flexibility in its physical form, and how approaching tasks Flexibly is more efficient. This lesson forms a bridge from the concept of Physical Flexibility to the more abstract concept of Cognitive Flexibility. The lesson begins the work of creating a vocabulary of words
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Session 3: How to be Flexible
The goal of this lesson is to teach students five self-regulatory scripts that, combined with the previously introduced GWPDC, give students a set of cognitive routines for regulating their behavior effectively. The five scripts are Plan A ➝ Plan B, Compromise, Big Deal/Little Deal, Choice/No Choice, and Expect the Unexpected.”
30 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Session 4: Why be Flexible?
The core goal of these lessons is to help students establish intrinsic motivation for being flexible. This is especially important regarding motivation to change.
30 mins online live lesson
Other Details
Learning Needs
ADHD, ASD and neurotypical kids with executive functioning challenges
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Doctoral Degree in Psychology from University of Connecticut
I have advanced training in executive function teaching and as an executive function coach to both children and adults.
I own the curriculum and therefore according to the authors am able to teach the program.
Reviews
Live Group Class
$22
weekly or $110 for 5 classes1x per week, 5 weeks
30 min
Completed by 5 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-11
3-10 learners per class