One hall mark of ADHD is trouble with executive function. ADHD kids aren’t the best planners, organizers, or self-regulators. This can get very frustrating very quickly. This training presentation presents ten, simple steps can be followed to boost all seven executive functions and also help your child/student gain more independence. This presentation might be used in a professional learning community for growth in the area of ADHD and executive function, a school-wide focused faculty meeting, or even a district-wide professional development session with general education as well as special services teachers. Executive function has received much attention and research and is worth the investigation in that many, many students have difficulty with this and many times adults think it is instinctive! This might also be a training session implemented with parents who will benefit from the ten simple steps as well!

This presentation is comprised of seventeen slides which are all anecdotes of all too familiar happenings with children who exhibit ADD/ADHD characteristics. Each child, as we all well know, is different and unique! Use these slides at the conclusion of an all day training as closure or use them at a Parent University or parent workshop. All teachers and parents can relate to the content for sure! The content is meant to highlight the funny side of living with an ADHD child!

This is an awesome Powerpoint training for general education teachers, special needs educators, administrators, and all other educators alike. It consists of one hundred slides that progress from definitions, descriptions, myths, how it is diagnosed, causes, deficits and gifts, executive functions, medications, strategies and interventions, and places to seek more help and resources. This is an awesome all-day training that has the opportunity to be very interactive with many visuals and graphics. It is also a great resource for a Parent University setting. As well, it can be used in a smaller faculty group such as a Professional Learning Community. Finally, paraprofessionals will also benefit greatly from this knowledge base!

In this packet/presentation, there are twenty-five discipline strategies to consider as a parent and/or a teacher when working with an ADHD child/student. These strategies are only a sampling of what is additionally available from ADDitude’s Experts a journal published monthly. Use this power-point for a “Parent University” training session for parents of children with ADHD. As well, these slides can be used in a professional development training session, focused faculty meeting, or professional learning community.

This resource is a set of training slides that serves to educate young teens, young adults, and adults on how to finish what you start. This presentation contains eleven strategies to help finish tasks! You can’t go wrong in utilizing this presentation with middle schoolers, high schoolers, young adults in college, and parents in a “Parent University” setting!

We are all so completely busy! And... I am not sure if you have the same type of problems as myself; however, I am a procrastinator! In saying this, this resource is a printable that includes a strategy for managing your time. In this resource, the "Einstein Urgent Important Principle" is utilized and will prove to be a huge asset! Try it! Specifically, it allows you to prioritize your "to-do" list into four different categories which include: (1) Important and Urgent-- do it now; (2) Important, But Not Urgent-- Plan It; (3) Not Important, But Urgent -- Delegate it; and then (4) Not Important and Not Urgent -- Dump It! Try this printable-- hope you enjoy!

In this packet, you will find approximately twenty posters each illustrating a different vegetable. These posters are perfect for posting above the whiteboard while teaching a science and/or health unit on vegetables! Each mini-poster is very colorful and is labeled.

In this packet, you will find approximately thirty-three pages of photo props. The props include the following: (1) Liberty Bell; (2) God Bless America statement; (3) Uncle Sam Top hat: (4) Betsy Ross; (5) bouquets of fireworks; (6) Rockets; (7) the American Flag; (8) the Statue of Liberty; (9) Uncle Sam; (10) a July 4th Emogi; (11) an American cupcake, and many more! There is at least eight of each photo prop so you shouldn’t lack for everyone having a great choice as to what he/she might want to use in making his or her perfect photo. Are you planning a summer get together in the back yard? Are you working with a summer enrichment program and want to create a photo booth for your kiddos? Are you looking for a fun activity to do with your own kiddos? If any of these scenarios apply, look no more… you have found the perfect activity. Everyone loves to make selfies and other pics with family and friends to cherish forever! If you have boas or other props to put with these, the more the merrier. All you need to do is to print these on heavy cardstock, cut them out, and glue to a dowel or even a skewer in some instances. For young children, please be sure to use dowels in that skewers sometimes have sharp ends! Happy Independence Day!

Calling all administrators and education majors... This is a four page needs assessment survey which is a great tool for administrators to use on his/her campus to grasp the heartbeat of the culture, achievement, and levels of professional development needed! It is designed in a likert scale format with "4" being the highest score! Sections include: (1) High expectations for student achievement (2) Focusing on teaching and learning (3) Parental and community involvement in the educational program (4) Continuous assessment of students, staff, and programs to evaluate program effectiveness (5) Safe and orderly environment (6) Staff effectiveness and professional development (7) Capable leadership As well, education majors in undergraduate school as well as masters and specialist level candidates in education, this is a great tool for one of your classes which may require such an assignment!

Your students are absolutely sure to be engaged in this informational text! This is an informative article written about the legend behind carving a pumpkin-- a fall favorite past time! The young and old alike love this activity! The article is 458 words long, complete with illustrations and captions that help to explain the information. Also, at the conclusion of the article, there is a six question quiz. The quiz has three multiple choice questions and two open ended questions, and one sequencing question. This text is sure to engage a room full of readers! A great read for your students!

Your students will absolutely love this short passage of nonfiction informational text about none other than the highly decorated Drew Brees-- the New Orleans Saints quarterback. The article begins with information regarding Drew as a child and and gives information about his early life and one sibling. It continues to progress into his high school and college days and culminates with his career in the NFL. At the conclusion of the four page article, complete with illustrations that enhance some of the text, there is a six question formative assessment quiz. The quiz has four multiple choice questions and three open-ended questions asking the student to cite evidence from the text and defend his/her answer. Finally, there is a performance based assessment at the end of the quiz that students are sure to enjoy that includes a project regarding the two homes of Drew Brees. Your students will LOVE this text and the performances based assessment!

This simple visual aid will make taking the lunch count each day so much more simple; use this as a simple classroom management tool. This visual aid makes taking the lunch count a simple picnic! Affix each of the five mini-posters on the wall in a prominent place for the students to be able to reach and manipulate. Place each student’s name on a clothespin with a black marker and clip to the “Present” mini-poster. As part of opening school routines and procedures, teach your students, as they arrive to the classroom first thing in the morning, to take their clothespin and clip to one of the appropriate mini-posters to indicate their lunch plans for the day which might be: (1) a hot school lunch; (2) a salad from the salad bar at school; (3) a salad that is solely fruit from the school salad bar; and/or (4) the student may have brought his/her lunch from home. The clothespins which are never moved indicate those students who are either tardy and/or absent. At the conclusion of the day, have a designated student to remove all of the clothespins from the prospective choices, and return them all to the “Present” sign.

This resource is a set of approximately 57 slides which discuss and provide a context for training in the realm of IEP documents vs. 504 Plans. This is obviously a very confusing world and so many times, everyone has many, many questions! This presentation explains each, compares and contrasts, and gives real world scenarios for discussion. It is a great presentation for a professional development session, focused faculty meeting, grade level meeting, or professional learning community.

What child does not love sock monkeys? This resource is a set of seven classroom rules with a sock money theme! You may only want to use four or five of the rules or change the rules out to suit the needs of your classroom and the challenges that it presents!

What child does not love sock monkeys? This resource is a set of seven classroom rules with a sock money theme! You may only want to use four or five of the rules or change the rules out to suit the needs of your classroom and the challenges that it presents!

This resource is great for any math teacher needing a reference tool for the divisibility rules… so calling all third, fourth, and fifth grade math teachers… this resource is for YOU! This set includes a divisibility poster for each number from two through ten. Each poster is very colorful and will fit perfectly on a bulletin board as well as right above the whiteboard in your classroom!

Start the school year off right with a creative, top-ten countdown activity! Your students will love it! Students are able to introduce themselves to you and their classmates with a list of ten things to learn about them. Have fun and use this as an ice-breaker activity to get the year cranked up!

This resource packet will serve one well all year. Enclosed you will find each day of the week in uniquely different designs. These can be used for many different activities such as: learning the days of the week, understanding the order of the days of the week, and working with a big group with the calendar. These day of the week plates might also be used in a writing center in learning to write each day of the week. Finally, these day plates might be helpful in a literacy center in learning how the calendar works!

Springtime is here! Everybody is gearing up for baseball and softball season! And… what student doesn't want to be complimented on his/her great traits or a job well done. Use this resource packet of numbered baseballs to place on a large glove when a student does a great job or compliments another student for a job well done! This resource set includes baseballs numbered from one to forty-eight as well as twelve baseballs that are not numbered that can be used multiple ways. Set up a system with your classroom that when students earn a certain amount of baseballs or a certain amount of points, they are rewarded as a class! This can be a great system to encourage family and community in your classroom!

Your students will enjoy this informational text article all throughout the spring and on into summer enrichment classes. This is an informational text article that is approximately 750-850 words long. It is the story of how the popsicle was created actually by accident. The article is complete with illustrations and captions as well. At the conclusion of the article, there is a ten question formative quiz with questions ranging from vocabulary, main idea, author's point of view, sequencing, inferring, and predicting. There are also performance- based questions as well! Your students will delight in knowing more about this summer treat that everyone enjoys!