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NeurodevelopmentalConstruct Review

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IntroductionLogistics

Facilitator information

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Round Robin

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GO PLAY!!

Visualize> A time when you were told

to “Go Play”

> Jot down thoughts

Find a partner> Share your thoughts and

compare

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Instructions

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Understanding the Constructs

Attention

Social Cognition

Higher Order Cognition

Language

Memory

Neuromotor Functions

Spatial Ordering

Temporal-Sequential Ordering Advance to

AKOM Pyramid

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Temporal Sequential Ordering

Understanding, retaining and using the order of steps, events or other sequences

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Examples:

> Following a series of directions to complete a project

> Understanding the steps necessary in a math problem

> Writing a story with a clear beginning, middle and end

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Spatial Ordering [Visual Thinking]

Interpretation and use of relationships within and between spatial patterns

Examples:

> Understanding ideas like fractions without using language

> Organizing materials in an effective way

> Using art to create a product

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Neuromotor Functions [Controlling Movement]

Effectively controlling the muscles of the body, big and small

Examples:

> Playing a game like baseball or soccer

> Manipulating a paint brush

> Using a writing implement successfully

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Attention

Getting and staying focused while listening and watching

Examples:

> Tuning out distractions in order to concentrate on assignment

> Working efficiently to meet a deadline

> Monitoring your own work pace

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Social Cognition [Making and Keeping Friends]

Thinking that facilitates the making and keeping of friends

Examples:

> Choosing the best topic of conversation depending on group make-up

> Using appropriate humor

> Resolving conflicts successfully

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Memory

Holding onto to new thoughts and connecting them to past thoughts through storage and recall

Examples:

> Retaining the beginning of a story while reading the end

> Incorporating new information to what is already known

> Recalling information for a test

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Examples:

> Understanding a graphic that illustrates a science concept

> Coming up with good and bad examples of a concept

> Creating a solution to an environmental problem

Higher Order Cognition

Inter-related processes that accomplish complex thinking & address sophisticated mental challenges

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Examples:

> Determining meaning of a word from its context

> Using rich vocabulary to describe a concept

> Giving an oral report

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Language

Communicating and understanding ideas and thoughts

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Pyramid

AKOM

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Look Sharp:

Activities that require Temporal Sequential Ordering

Remembering days of the week

Order of operations

Long division

Punctuality

Time management

Spelling

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Helping Out:

Accommodations for Attention Weaknesses

Daily planner

Fidget

Alarm clock

Check lists

Highlighters

Minute timers

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What Do You Want to Do?:

Careers that involve Spatial Ordering

Interior Designer

Surgeon

Engineer

Graphic artist

Carpenter

Landscaper

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Moving, Moving, Moving:

Things that require muscle control

Drawing a straight line

Playing basketball

Signing your name

Balancing on one foot

Filling out an application

Decorating a cake

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Play Time:

Games that require Higher Order Cognition

Chess

Pictionary

Scrabble

Battleship

Bridge

Mancala

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Thanks for the Memories:

Metaphors for long-term memory

Hard drive

Library

Filing cabinet

Encyclopedia

Scrapbook

Attic

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Coming In, Going Out:

Types of Language Activities

Watching a play

Listening to the news

Reading a book

Writing a thank-you card

Telling a story

Asking a question

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Down Time:

Affinities

Reading

Gardening

Sports

Computer games

Animals

Musical instrument

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ROUND!

BONUS

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BONUS ROUND 1

“Helping Out”

Accommodations for Attention Weakness

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BONUS ROUND 2

“What NOT to do!”

Indications of weak Social Cognition

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BONUS ROUND 3

“No Term Papers Allowed”Ways to work around

Neurodevelopmental Weaknesses

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Now that you’re warmed up…

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Connect the Dots

Neurodevelopmental Demands

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That…

was this:

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Questions?

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