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Neurodevelopmental
Construct Review
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Facilitator information
Introduction
Logistics
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Round Robin
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GO PLAY!!
Instructions
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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Understanding the Constructs
Language
Attention
Spatial Ordering
Neuromotor
Functions
Social Cognition
Memory
Higher Order
Cognition
Temporal-Sequential
Ordering
Advance to
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Temporal Sequential Ordering
Understanding, retaining and using the order of steps, events
or other sequences
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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the Constructs)
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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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Higher Order Cognition
Inter-related processes that accomplish complex thinking &
address sophisticated mental challenges
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
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Language
Communicating and understanding ideas and thoughts
Examples:
> Determining meaning of a word from its context
> Using rich vocabulary to describe a concept
> Giving an oral report
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AKOM
Pyramid
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Look Sharp:
Activities that require Temporal Sequential Ordering
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Remembering days of the week
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Order of operations
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Long division
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Punctuality
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Time management
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Spelling
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Helping Out:
Accommodations for Attention Weaknesses
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Daily planner
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Fidget
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Alarm clock
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Check lists
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Highlighters
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Minute timers
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What Do You Want to Do?:
Careers that involve Spatial Ordering
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Interior Designer
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Surgeon
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Engineer
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Graphic artist
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Carpenter
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Landscaper
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Moving, Moving, Moving:
Things that require muscle control
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Drawing a straight line
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Playing basketball
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Signing your name
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Balancing on one foot
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Filling out an application
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Decorating a cake
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Play Time:
Games that require Higher Order Cognition
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Chess
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Pictionary
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Scrabble
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Battleship
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Bridge
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Mancala
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Thanks for the Memories:
Metaphors for long-term memory
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Hard drive
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Library
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Filing cabinet
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Encyclopedia
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Scrapbook
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Attic
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Coming In, Going Out:
Types of Language Activities
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Watching a play
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Listening to the news
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Reading a book
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Writing a thank-you card
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Telling a story
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Asking a question
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Down Time:
Affinities
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Reading
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Gardening
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Sports
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Computer games
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Animals
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Musical instrument
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BONUS
ROUND!
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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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