Executive Functioning Strategies to Help Orchestrate Your Life

When: Tuesday 09/12/17

When: 7:00pm-8:30-m

Where: Oakwood School, 7210 Braddock Road, Annandale,VA 22003

The first presentation in CHADD NoVA/DC's 2017-2018 Lecture Series, "Understanding ADHD". Speakers Cheryl Gedzelman, President of Tutoring for Success, and Pat Hudak, President of PathFinder Coaching & Tutoring, will discuss strategies students can put in place to be successful in and out of the classroom.

From Personality Preferences to Student Success:Exploring MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) for Students and Parents

When: Tuesday 09/19/17

When: 6:30

Where: Offices of Kenneth Stefano & Associates 6345 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852

One size does not fit all, particularly where personality and academic success and satis-faction are concerned! In this 90-minute interactive workshop for parents and high school students, come prepared to explore a side of yourself through a lens of personality type to optimize communication style in class and on a team. You’ll learn tips and techniques for: • Using Type to handle relationships with instructors and peers • Capitalizing on your Type to write better papers and study for exams • Using your Type for better time management, initiating, and completing deadlines

Innovators in Education: 4th Annual Conference

When: Saturday 10/14/17

When: 8:30am-4:30pm

Where: Universities at Shady Grove University of Maryland 9630 Gudelsky Drive Rockville, MD 20850

Innovators In Education Anxiety: Essential Strategies of Effective Treatment

Mind Matters: The Neuroscience of Child Anxiety -- Catherine McCarthy, MD How to Help Pressure Cooker Kids Who Worry Too Much Tamar Chansky, Ph.D. • Changing Our Implicit Mindset of Fear and Befriending Uncertainty • How to Outsmart Fear and Worry: Preventing the Downward Spiral • Tools for School and Beyond: Managing Perfectionism, Procrastination, Social Fears, Test Anxiety and....Success!

A Closer Look: Advanced Conceptualization and Treatment Approaches -- Tamar Chansky, Ph.D. • Key CBT Interventions for Specific Anxiety Disorders in Treatment: Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and OCD • When Anxiety is Running the Show: Partnering with Families and Schools in Treatment

Between A Rock and a Calm Place -- Jessica Minahan, M.Ed, BCBA • Delving Deeper: New & Effective Interventions for Students with Anxiety • Supporting Self-Regulation, Initiation, and Pers

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