Executive Function Brain Trainer Podcast

In this episode, Darius and Erica share thoughts on the online, video-communications tool, Zoom. The discussion focuses on how Zoom can be used to support and assist our executive functioning. 

Discussion:

• Visual features: background blurring, visual composition, gallery vs individual view
• Auditory features: sound quality, headphone
• Tools: annotations, breakouts, whiteboard, screen share, remote control, recording, chat

Links:

• Zoom: https://zoom.us/ 
• “Teaching Walk Thrus” by Oliver Caviglioli and Tom Sherrington
• Freeform: https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/06/freeform-is-apples-take-on-a-digital-whiteboard/  
• Method of Loci: https://www.verywellhealth.com/will-the-method-of-loci-mnemonic-improve-your-memory-98411 
• Emotional Regulation: https://positivepsychology.com/emotion-regulation/ 
• Logitech Camera: https://www.logitech.com/en-ph/products/webcams.html
• Zoom Features: https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/category?id=kb_category&kb_category=42927a128720391089a37408dabb3572 
• Five love languages: https://www.verywellmind.com/can-the-five-love-languages-help-your-relationship-4783538 
• Executive Functioning Assessment: https://mymemorymentor.com/efcs/ 
• One to one sessions with Dr. Warren: https://learningtolearn.biz/ 
• One to one sessions with Darius: www.ivvi.app
• BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/
• Learning Specialist Courses:https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/
• Executive Functionings for Groups and Classes: https://tinyurl.com/4sx3eh3fhttps://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/executive-functioning-games-for-groups-and-classes  
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Dyslexia Productivity Coaching: ⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠
• Cognitive Flexibility:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/dyslexia-and-executive-function 
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Inhibitory Control:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/poor-executive-functioning?_pos=3&_sid=19d2b3888&_ss=r 
• Metacognition: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/teaching-metacognitive-skills?_pos=1&_sid=8c4ed9b58&_ss=r 
• Visualization:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/the-key-to-improved-attention-and-memory-for-optimal-learning?_pos=8&_sid=a9d61809a&_ss=r 
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app?_pos=1&_sid=604e0b13e&_ss=r 
• Working Memory: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/tagged/working-memory 

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In this episode, Darius and Erica share some personal life hacks, tools, and technology to develop inhibitory control skills.

• how inhibitory control works
• personal executive function hacks
• Time blocking
• Calendars
• Reminders
• Managing your environment - physical - visual - desk position
• Lighting
• Clothing - uniform - shoes - glasses
• Sound quality
• Creating a focused routine

Technology

• Split screens
• Thesaurus
• TickTick
• Asana
• Google Calendar
• Google Keep
• FM Systems
• Airpods and headphones (noise cancelling)
• Zoom

Links

• Eisenhower’s Urgent/Important Principle: https://www.mindtools.com/al1e0k5/eisenhowers-urgentimportant-principle 
• Google Keep: https://keep.google.com/
• Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/
• Asana: https://app.asana.com/
• Zoom: https://zoom.us/
• Access to Work Advice: Contact Darius @ www.dyslexiawork.com
• Learning Specialist Courses: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive Functioning Assessment: https://mymemorymentor.com/efcs/ 
• One to one sessions with Dr. Warren: https://learningtolearn.biz/ 
• One to one sessions with Darius: www.ivvi.app
• BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/
• Learning Specialist Courses:https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/
• Executive Functionings for Groups and Classes: https://tinyurl.com/4sx3eh3fhttps://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/executive-functioning-games-for-groups-and-classes  
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Dyslexia Productivity Coaching: ⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠
• Cognitive Flexibility:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/dyslexia-and-executive-function 
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Inhibitory Control:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/poor-executive-functioning?_pos=3&_sid=19d2b3888&_ss=r 
• Metacognition: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/teaching-metacognitive-skills?_pos=1&_sid=8c4ed9b58&_ss=r 
• Visualization:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/the-key-to-improved-attention-and-memory-for-optimal-learning?_pos=8&_sid=a9d61809a&_ss=r 
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app?_pos=1&_sid=604e0b13e&_ss=r 
• Working Memory: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/tagged/working-memory 

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In this episode, Darius and Erica share some personal life hacks, tools and technology to maximize your working memory.

• Darius and Ericas’ personal executive function hacks
• What is working memory?
• Visualization, visual-spatial, and inner voice - using the tools of working memory
• Working memory and memory strategies
• Technology tools and techniques

Understanding the Foundation

• Visualization
• Inner Voice

Tools and Techniques

• Split screen
• Whiteboard
• Underlining keywords
• Repeating questions
• Memory strategies
• Brainstorming with bullet points
• Drawing
• Color coding
• Lists

Technology

• Ipad
• Voice to text
• Slack/Asana/Trello/Otter

Links

• Working Memory by Alan Baddeley: https://www.simplypsychology.org/working-memory.html 
• “Episodic Buffer” - https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/episodic-buffer
• Richard Branson:  https://www.virgin.com/branson-family/richard-branson-blog
• Hooking: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/memory-hooks 
• Simultaneous processing: https://www.mycll.org/for-parents-and-teachers/organizing-and-processing 
• Otter: https://otter.ai/
• Trello: https://trello.com/en
• Asana: https://app.asana.com/
• Slack: https://slack.com/
• Google Keep: https://keep.google.com/
• Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/
• Asana: https://app.asana.com/
• Zoom: https://zoom.us/
• Access to Work Advice: Contact Darius @ www.dyslexiawork.com
• Learning Specialist Courses: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive Functioning Assessment: https://mymemorymentor.com/efcs/ 
• One to one sessions with Dr. Warren: https://learningtolearn.biz/ 
• One to one sessions with Darius: www.ivvi.app
• BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/
• Learning Specialist Courses:https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/
• Executive Functionings for Groups and Classes: https://tinyurl.com/4sx3eh3fhttps://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/executive-functioning-games-for-groups-and-classes  
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Dyslexia Productivity Coaching: ⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠
• Cognitive Flexibility:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/dyslexia-and-executive-function 
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Inhibitory Control:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/poor-executive-functioning?_pos=3&_sid=19d2b3888&_ss=r 
• Metacognition: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/teaching-metacognitive-skills?_pos=1&_sid=8c4ed9b58&_ss=r 
• Visualization:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/the-key-to-improved-attention-and-memory-for-optimal-learning?_pos=8&_sid=a9d61809a&_ss=r 
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app?_pos=1&_sid=604e0b13e&_ss=r 
• Working Memory: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/tagged/working-memory 

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In this episode, Erica and Darius discuss the symptoms of ADHD from both the UK and US perspective. They also discuss how this relates to executive functioning and other diagnoses such as dyslexia.  Finally, they address how to acquire a diagnosis, as well as some solutions to ADHD.

Here is a combined symptoms list as defined by the United Kingdom NHS and the United States DSM5 criteria.

Symptoms of Inattentiveness (difficulty concentrating and focusing)

• Short attention span
• Difficulty sustaining attention or staying on task
• Easily distracted (including unrelated thoughts)
• Makes careless mistakes/lacks attention to detail
• Fails to follow through on tasks and instructions
• Forgetful in daily activities
• Avoids/dislikes tasks requiring sustained mental effort
• Difficulty listening to and carrying out instructions.Does not seem to listen when spoken to directly
• Problems organizing tasks and managing time
• Loses things necessary for tasks/activities

Hyperactivity and impulsivity

• Problems sitting still and leaves seat in situations when remaining seated is expected
• Constant fidgeting and excessive physical movement
• Talks excessively
• Difficulty waiting turn
• Acting without thinking
• Blurts out answers
• Interrupts or intrudes on others
• Experiences feelings of restlessness
• Has difficulty engaging in quiet, leisurely activities
• Is “on-the-go” or acts as if “driven by a motor”

Links:

• Dan Sullivan - Strategic coach: www.StrategicCoach.com
• NHS: https://www.nhs.uk/search/results?q=ADHD&page=0 
• CHADD: https://chadd.org/ 
• DSM5 Diagnostic Criteria: https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/patient_care/adhd_toolkit/adhd19-assessment-table1.pdf 
• Working Memory by Alan Baddeley: https://www.simplypsychology.org/working-memory.html 
• Access to Work Advice: Contact Darius @ www.dyslexiawork.com
• Learning Specialist Courses: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive Functioning Assessment: https://mymemorymentor.com/efcs/ 
• One to one sessions with Dr. Warren: https://learningtolearn.biz/ 
• One to one sessions with Darius: www.ivvi.app
• BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/
• Learning Specialist Courses:https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/
• Executive Functionings for Groups and Classes: https://tinyurl.com/4sx3eh3fhttps://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/executive-functioning-games-for-groups-and-classes  
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Dyslexia Productivity Coaching: ⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠
• Cognitive Flexibility:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/dyslexia-and-executive-function 
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Inhibitory Control:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/poor-executive-functioning?_pos=3&_sid=19d2b3888&_ss=r 
• Metacognition: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/teaching-metacognitive-skills?_pos=1&_sid=8c4ed9b58&_ss=r 
• Visualization:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/the-key-to-improved-attention-and-memory-for-optimal-learning?_pos=8&_sid=a9d61809a&_ss=r 
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app?_pos=1&_sid=604e0b13e&_ss=r 
• Working Memory: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/tagged/working-memory 

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Auditory processing is a cognitive skill that allows us to interpret and find meaning from sounds in our environment. In other words, it is how we make sense of what we hear.

In this podcast, we will review ten types of auditory processing and will discuss the importance of each skill for early literacy and learning at large.

What does this have to do with executive functioning?  If we are not properly interpreting and making sense of the sounds in our environment we are not able to provide our executive functions with the needed information.

• Auditory discrimination: the ability to distinguish between sounds that are similar but are distinct.
• Auditory closure: the ability to understand words when some sounds or phonemes are missing.
• Auditory figure-ground: the ability to focus on specific sounds in noisy environments.
• Auditory synthesis: the ability to pull together sounds into a meaningful whole.
• Auditory memory: the ability to recall information that is presented orally.
• Auditory sequencing: the ability to understand and recall the specific order of sounds and words.
• Auditory reasoning: the ability to understand auditory information in a logical way and to draw conclusions.
• Auditory conceptualization: the ability to interpret a sound or sounds.
• Auditory attention: the ability to filter out unnecessary sounds, as well as sustain and shift attention when focusing on sounds.
• Auditory localization: the ability to determine the source and location of a sound.

Links:

• An Auditory Processing Workshop: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/an-auditory-processing-workshop 
• Auditory Processing Activities: https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/following-directions-activities-games 
• Executive Functioning Assessment: https://mymemorymentor.com/efcs/ 
• One to one sessions with Dr. Warren: https://learningtolearn.biz/ 
• One to one sessions with Darius: www.ivvi.app
• BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/
• Learning Specialist Courses:https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/
• Executive Functionings for Groups and Classes: https://tinyurl.com/4sx3eh3fhttps://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/executive-functioning-games-for-groups-and-classes  
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Dyslexia Productivity Coaching: ⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠
• Cognitive Flexibility:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/dyslexia-and-executive-function 
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Inhibitory Control:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/poor-executive-functioning?_pos=3&_sid=19d2b3888&_ss=r 
• Metacognition: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/teaching-metacognitive-skills?_pos=1&_sid=8c4ed9b58&_ss=r 
• Visualization:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/the-key-to-improved-attention-and-memory-for-optimal-learning?_pos=8&_sid=a9d61809a&_ss=r 
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app?_pos=1&_sid=604e0b13e&_ss=r 
• Working Memory: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/tagged/working-memory 

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Last week (Episode 18) we talked about a number of cognitive areas that work in tandem with visual processing. In this episode, we discuss vision problems and their impact on learning.

Vision Problems: Importance of vision screening (must rule out before testing)

Symptoms

• Frequent headaches or eyestrain
• Blurring of vision (near or far)
• Avoidance of close work or visually demanding tasks
• Poor judgment of depth
• Turning the head left right up or down
• Cover or close one eye, or favour the vision in one eye
• Double vision
• Difficulty following a moving target
• Dizziness or motion sickness
• Difficulty changing focus from distance to near and back again
• Poor hand-eye coordination

Academic Performance Problems

• Poor reading comprehension
• Loss of place, repetition, and/or omission of words while reading - Poor reading comprehension
• Eye fatigue when reading
• Words jump around when reading
• Difficulty copying from one place to another
• Difficulty concentrating
• Poor hand-eye coordination and writing
• Letter and/or word discrimination
• Difficulty judging sizes and shapes

Typical vision problems that can impact learning

1. Refractive errors 

2. Accommodation 

3. Eye teaming 

4. Binocular vision 

5. Peripheral Vision

Links:

• Eye Can Learn: https://eyecanlearn.com/ 
• Building Peripheral Vision, Visual Tracking and Attention For Improved Reading and Scanning: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/building-visual-tracking-and-peripheral-skills-for-improved-reading-speed-and-accuracy 
• Complementary Cognition (Dr. Helen Taylor): https://complementarycognition.co.uk 
• Executive Functioning Assessment: https://mymemorymentor.com/efcs/ 
• One to one sessions with Dr. Warren: https://learningtolearn.biz/ 
• One to one sessions with Darius: www.ivvi.app
• BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/
• Learning Specialist Courses:https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/
• Executive Functionings for Groups and Classes: https://tinyurl.com/4sx3eh3fhttps://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/executive-functioning-games-for-groups-and-classes  
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Dyslexia Productivity Coaching: ⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠
• Cognitive Flexibility:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/dyslexia-and-executive-function 
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Inhibitory Control:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/poor-executive-functioning?_pos=3&_sid=19d2b3888&_ss=r 
• Metacognition: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/teaching-metacognitive-skills?_pos=1&_sid=8c4ed9b58&_ss=r 
• Visualization:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/the-key-to-improved-attention-and-memory-for-optimal-learning?_pos=8&_sid=a9d61809a&_ss=r 
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app?_pos=1&_sid=604e0b13e&_ss=r 
• Working Memory: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/tagged/working-memory 

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Last week (Episode 17) we talked about visual processing. In this episode, we discuss a number of cognitive areas that work in tandem with visual processing. Additionally, we discuss a variety of resources that can be used to enhance these cognitive skills.

Related Areas that Work with Visual Processing

1. Visual Processing Speed: processing visual information at a certain pace or speed.

2. Visual-Motor Integration (fine motor dexterity): translating visual perception into a motor response. The ability to make fine and accurate motor responses such as tying one's shoe or one's handwriting skills.

3. Visual Attention: Maintain focus on visual information.

4. Visual Scanning or Tracking: Tracking is the ability to move one's eyes smoothly across the page and from one line of text to another.

  a. Problems can arise such as eye fatigue, word omissions, reversals, losing one's place while reading, and most importantly these difficulties can negatively impact reading comprehension.

  b. Tracking can be improved by strengthening eye muscles as well as getting the eyes and brain to work together.

  c. There are three eye movements that need to be developed:

• Fixations: ability to hold one's eyes steady without moving off a target.
• Pursuits: ability to follow a moving target with one's eyes.
• Saccades (Sucads - french for jerk): ability to jump to new targets that randomly disappear and reappear in a different location.

Links:

• Eye-tracking technology detects reading difficulty: https://www.bulletmapacademy.com/blog/47
• Potential impact of eye-tracking technology: https://www.bulletmapacademy.com/blog/48
• Co-occurring visual problems that go along with dyslexia: https://bulletmapacademy.com/49/
• Eye Can Learn: https://eyecanlearn.com/ 
• Visual Processing Activities: https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/visual-processing 
• A Visual Processing Workshop: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/a-visual-processing-workshop 
• Building Peripheral Vision, Visual Tracking and Attention For Improved Reading and Scanning: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/building-visual-tracking-and-peripheral-skills-for-improved-reading-speed-and-accuracy  
• Visual-Motor Activities for Dysgraphia and Dyspraxia: https://goodsensorylearning.com/products/fine-motor-activities-for-dysgraphia-and-dyspraxia?_pos=1&_sid=823da8f14&_ss=r 
• Voice Dream Reader: https://www.voicedream.com/ 
• Irlen Syndrome: https://www.irlensyndrome.org/ 
• Executive Functioning Assessment: https://mymemorymentor.com/efcs/ 
• One to one sessions with Dr. Warren: https://learningtolearn.biz/ 
• One to one sessions with Darius: www.ivvi.app
• BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/
• Learning Specialist Courses:https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/
• Dyslexia Productivity Coaching: ⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠
• Inhibitory Control:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/poor-executive-functioning?_pos=3&_sid=19d2b3888&_ss=r 
• Metacognition: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/teaching-metacognitive-skills?_pos=1&_sid=8c4ed9b58&_ss=r 
• Visualization:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/the-key-to-improved-attention-and-memory-for-optimal-learning?_pos=8&_sid=a9d61809a&_ss=r 
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app?_pos=1&_sid=604e0b13e&_ss=r 
• Working Memory: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/tagged/working-memory 

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Visual processing is a cognitive skill that allows us to interpret and find meaning from visual images. In other words, it is how we make sense of what we see. Visual processing is vital because it plays a key role in learning visual information from our environment. 

It is a fundamental skill for reading, math, and spelling. Visual processing involves a number of cognitive processing skills: 

• Visual Discrimination - the ability to tell the difference between images that are similar but not the same. 
• Visual Directionality - the ability to discriminate between left and right and objects or images that are facing left or right. 
• Visual Memory - the ability to remember what one has seen.
• Visual Sequencing - the ability to remember the order of a series of visual stimuli. 
• Visual Closure - the ability to understand images when some parts of the image are missing. 
• Visual Reasoning - the ability to analyze visual information and find meaning. 
• Visual Synthesis - the ability to assemble visual parts or pieces into a whole. 
• Visual-Spatial - the ability to make sense of visual information in space and the orientation of the objects in that space. 
• Visual Figure-Ground - the ability to find or detect an image when there are many overlapping images within the visual field. 

Links: 

• Visual Processing Activities: https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/visual-processing 
• A Visual Processing Workshop: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/a-visual-processing-workshop 
• Following Directions the Fun and Easy Way: https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?type=product&q=following+Directions 
• Pass the Plate and other visualization games: https://goodsensorylearning.com/products/mindful-visualization-for-learning-document?_pos=1&_sid=c668c041f&_ss=r 
• Executive Functioning Assessment: https://mymemorymentor.com/efcs/ 
• One to one sessions with Dr. Warren: https://learningtolearn.biz/ 
• One to one sessions with Darius: www.ivvi.app
• BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/
• Learning Specialist Courses:https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/
• Executive Functionings for Groups and Classes: https://tinyurl.com/4sx3eh3fhttps://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/executive-functioning-games-for-groups-and-classes  
• Dyslexia Productivity Coaching: ⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠
• Cognitive Flexibility:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/dyslexia-and-executive-function 
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Inhibitory Control:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/poor-executive-functioning?_pos=3&_sid=19d2b3888&_ss=r 
• Metacognition: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/teaching-metacognitive-skills?_pos=1&_sid=8c4ed9b58&_ss=r 
• Visualization:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/the-key-to-improved-attention-and-memory-for-optimal-learning?_pos=8&_sid=a9d61809a&_ss=r 
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app?_pos=1&_sid=604e0b13e&_ss=r 
• Working Memory: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/tagged/working-memory 

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In this episode, we explore the connection between working memory and long-term memory. Darius shares his experience in dyslexia and executive functioning master class with Dr Neil Mackay and others. We discuss the application of memory strategies, effortful mental transformation, and active processing to improve learning.

We covered the following topics:

• Dyslexia Friendly Approach
• Alan Baddeley’s Model of Working Memory
• Relation of language to your thinking
• Effortful mental transformation
• Retrieving information vs. receiving Information
• Memory strategies implementation
• The importance of modeling
• Thinking out loud

Links:

• Dyslexia Friendly Classroom: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/advice/educators/teaching-for-neurodiversity/creating-dyslexia-friendly-resources 
• Alan Baddeley’s Model of Working Memory: https://study.com/academy/lesson/baddeleys-model-of-working-memory.html
• Multisensory Multiplication: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/how-to-teach-multiplication-facts-to-struggling-students 
• Positive Dyslexia UK: https://www.positivedyslexia.co.uk/ 
• Executive Functioning Assessment: https://mymemorymentor.com/efcs/ 
• One to one sessions with Dr. Warren: https://learningtolearn.biz/ 
• One to one sessions with Darius: www.ivvi.app
• BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/
• Learning Specialist Courses:https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/
• Executive Functionings for Groups and Classes: https://tinyurl.com/4sx3eh3fhttps://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/executive-functioning-games-for-groups-and-classes  
• Dyslexia Productivity Coaching: ⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠
• Cognitive Flexibility:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/dyslexia-and-executive-function 
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Inhibitory Control:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/poor-executive-functioning?_pos=3&_sid=19d2b3888&_ss=r 
• Metacognition: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/teaching-metacognitive-skills?_pos=1&_sid=8c4ed9b58&_ss=r 
• Visualization:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/the-key-to-improved-attention-and-memory-for-optimal-learning?_pos=8&_sid=a9d61809a&_ss=r 
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app?_pos=1&_sid=604e0b13e&_ss=r 
• Working Memory: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/tagged/working-memory 

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In this episode, we discuss learned helplessness and its impact on learning. We also address strategies that can help students move through learned helplessness and embrace learning.

• Learned helplessness happens when people or animals become conditioned to believe that a bad situation is unchangeable or inescapable.
• Learned helplessness occurs when an individual continuously faces a negative, uncontrollable situation and stops trying to change their circumstances, even when they have the ability to do so.

We covered the following topics:

• What is learned helplessness
• Seligman's Theory and Depression
• Faking It - A Look into the Mind of a Creative Learner:
• The power of the word “yet”
• Technology dependency
• How we should choose our words
• Recognizing effort
• Having Brain Breaks

Links

• Learned Helplessness: Seligman's Theory and Depression:https://study.com/academy/lesson/how-seligmans-learned-helplessness-theory-applies-to-human-depression-and-stress.htm
• Bounce By Matthew Syed: ⁠https://amzn.to/3nZDrNP⁠
• Mindful BrainBreaks:https://goodsensorylearning.com/products/multisensory-brain-break-meditations?_pos=15&_sid=606218cbf&_ss=r 
• Learned helpless study: https://www.britannica.com/science/learned-helplessness 
• Faking It - A Look into the Mind of a Creative Learner: ⁠https://amzn.to/3su0By4⁠
• Multisensory Multiplication: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/multisensory-multiplication 
• Executive Functioning Assessment: https://mymemorymentor.com/efcs/ 
• One to one sessions with Dr. Warren: https://learningtolearn.biz/ 
• One to one sessions with Darius: www.ivvi.app
• BulletMap Academy: https://bulletmapacademy.com/
• Learning Specialist Courses:https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/
• Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/
• Executive Functionings for Groups and Classes: https://tinyurl.com/4sx3eh3fhttps://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/executive-functioning-games-for-groups-and-classes  
• Dyslexia Productivity Coaching: ⁠⁠http://dyslexiaproductivitycoaching.com/⁠⁠
• Cognitive Flexibility:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/dyslexia-and-executive-function 
• Dyslexia Quiz: ⁠⁠https://bulletmapacademy.com/dyslexia-quiz/⁠⁠
• Inhibitory Control:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/poor-executive-functioning?_pos=3&_sid=19d2b3888&_ss=r 
• Metacognition: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/teaching-metacognitive-skills?_pos=1&_sid=8c4ed9b58&_ss=r 
• Visualization:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/the-key-to-improved-attention-and-memory-for-optimal-learning?_pos=8&_sid=a9d61809a&_ss=r 
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app?_pos=1&_sid=604e0b13e&_ss=r 
• Working Memory: https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/tagged/working-memory 

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