Unstuck & On Target!
An Executive Function Curriculum to Improve Flexibility, Planning, and Organization
2nd Edition
Published on 14. May 2018
Book
Mixed media product
277 pages
978-1-68125-299-5 (ISBN)
Description
Now a complete multicomponent kit!
For students with executive function challenges, problems with flexibility and goal-directed behavior can be a major obstacle to success in school and in life. With the enhanced second edition of this popular curriculum, you'll explicitly teach flexibility, problem solving, coping, and goal setting through fun, field-tested lessons that work for learners with autism, ADHD, and other challenges that affect executive function. A school-based intervention for students ages 8-11, this evidence-based curriculum gives you 21 ready-to-use lessons that boost cognitive flexibility in everyday situations, from compromising with peers to coping with frustration. And now Unstuck and On Target! is much more than a book-it's a complete multicomponent kit that includes the revised curriculum, three classroom posters, two game boards, and more than 50 printables (available online).
Unstuck and On Target! Benefits:
Meets the needs of MTSS Tier 2 learners. This proven curriculum is one of the few tailored to the needs of Tier 2 students who need more focused instruction.
Gives you explicit, step-by-step routines, activities, and scripts to help students improve executive function skills.
Targets the flexibility and planning skills every student needs to learn effectively, reduce stress, get along with others, problem-solve, and more.
Can be done in any classroom, by any teacher. Each ready-to-use lesson comes complete with clear instructions, materials lists, and tips for teachers.
Makes learning fun with engaging games, role plays, stories, and lively class discussions.
Reinforces new skills through 19 Home Practice handouts in English and Spanish (available for download online).
WHAT'S NEW: Now a complete kit, in a convenient package that includes posters, game boards, and access to printable online materials * Now appropriate for learners with ADHD and other challenges * Tested with teachers and streamlined for user-friendliness * Enhanced parent materials, including materials in Spanish * Tested with a diverse sample of children and refined to increase student engagement
For students with executive function challenges, problems with flexibility and goal-directed behavior can be a major obstacle to success in school and in life. With the enhanced second edition of this popular curriculum, you'll explicitly teach flexibility, problem solving, coping, and goal setting through fun, field-tested lessons that work for learners with autism, ADHD, and other challenges that affect executive function. A school-based intervention for students ages 8-11, this evidence-based curriculum gives you 21 ready-to-use lessons that boost cognitive flexibility in everyday situations, from compromising with peers to coping with frustration. And now Unstuck and On Target! is much more than a book-it's a complete multicomponent kit that includes the revised curriculum, three classroom posters, two game boards, and more than 50 printables (available online).
Unstuck and On Target! Benefits:
Meets the needs of MTSS Tier 2 learners. This proven curriculum is one of the few tailored to the needs of Tier 2 students who need more focused instruction.
Gives you explicit, step-by-step routines, activities, and scripts to help students improve executive function skills.
Targets the flexibility and planning skills every student needs to learn effectively, reduce stress, get along with others, problem-solve, and more.
Can be done in any classroom, by any teacher. Each ready-to-use lesson comes complete with clear instructions, materials lists, and tips for teachers.
Makes learning fun with engaging games, role plays, stories, and lively class discussions.
Reinforces new skills through 19 Home Practice handouts in English and Spanish (available for download online).
WHAT'S NEW: Now a complete kit, in a convenient package that includes posters, game boards, and access to printable online materials * Now appropriate for learners with ADHD and other challenges * Tested with teachers and streamlined for user-friendliness * Enhanced parent materials, including materials in Spanish * Tested with a diverse sample of children and refined to increase student engagement
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-68125-299-5 (9781681252995)
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Lynn Cannon, M.Ed., is a social learning specialist at The Ivymount School and The Maddux School. Ms. Cannon received her M.Ed., in Special Education from the University of Virginia. For over 15 years, she has worked as an educator, administrator and program director, serving students with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Ms. Cannon is also a co-author of Solving Executive Challenges, a resource guide for teachers and parents and The Conversation Club, an instructional manual for teaching conversation skills to students with neurodevelopmental disabilities. Her research and teaching interests are in developing interventions and support materials for students with neurodevelopmental disabilities, therapists, educators and their families. She is currently working with federal grant to develop IvySCIP, an assessment, IEP development tool and curricular resource for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., is Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children's National Health System. Dr. Kenworthy received her B.A. from Yale University and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. Her research interests are in describing and treating the neuropsychological phenotype of autism. She is an author of more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, and a co-author of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). She is currently completing a trial of Unstuck and On-Target in low-income schools for children with ADHD or ASD.
Katie C. Alexander, M.S., OTR/L, is an occupational therapist and clinician-researcher. Ms. Alexander received her B.S. and post-professional masters from the University of Kansas Medical Center. For over 15 years, she has specialized in community and school-based intervention for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities and served as the founding program director for the Model Asperger Program at The Ivymount School. Her research and clinical interests are in developing interventions and supports that improve the daily lives of individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families.
Monica Adler Werner, M.S., is the Director of the Model Asperger Program (MAP) at the Ivymount School. In that capacity she has spearheaded the development of a social learning curriculum that emphasizes problem solving, self-advocacy and self-regulation while keeping students on track academically. She is a co-author of Unstuck & On Target! (Brookes, 2011), a curriculum to enhance cognitive flexibility and problem solving in students with Asperger Syndrome and Solving Executive Function Challenges: Simple Ways to Get Kids with Autism Unstuck and on Target. She is the co-author on numerous papers and posters about working with children with Asperger Syndrome/High Functioning Autism. Prior to going to Ivymount, Monica co-founded Take2 Summer Camp, a program designed to pilot the application of evidence based social skills programs. Monica has an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins. She has completed her coursework for her BCBA.
Laura Gutermuth Anthony, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Children,s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Anthony completed a dual degree Ph.D. program in clinical and developmental psychology at the University of Illinois, Chicago in 1997. Since then, she has focused her research and clinical work on children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, including more than 30 publications. She has also received funding for 11 federally-funded and 7 foundation research grants including a current Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) Addressing Disparities award for children with autism and ADHD to study this intervention.
Monica Adler Werner, M.S., is the Director of the Model Asperger Program (MAP) at the Ivymount School. In that capacity she has spearheaded the development of a social learning curriculum that emphasizes problem solving, self advocacy and self regulation. Ms Werner has been a major contributor to the development of the intervention. In addition, she is a co-founder of Take2 Summer Camp, a program designed to develop social thinking, problem solving and skills. She also serves as an ad hoc public reviewer of NIMH autism grants.
Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., is Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children's National Health System. Dr. Kenworthy received her B.A. from Yale University and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. Her research interests are in describing and treating the neuropsychological phenotype of autism. She is an author of more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, and a co-author of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). She is currently completing a trial of Unstuck and On-Target in low-income schools for children with ADHD or ASD.
Katie C. Alexander, M.S., OTR/L, is an occupational therapist and clinician-researcher. Ms. Alexander received her B.S. and post-professional masters from the University of Kansas Medical Center. For over 15 years, she has specialized in community and school-based intervention for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities and served as the founding program director for the Model Asperger Program at The Ivymount School. Her research and clinical interests are in developing interventions and supports that improve the daily lives of individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families.
Monica Adler Werner, M.S., is the Director of the Model Asperger Program (MAP) at the Ivymount School. In that capacity she has spearheaded the development of a social learning curriculum that emphasizes problem solving, self-advocacy and self-regulation while keeping students on track academically. She is a co-author of Unstuck & On Target! (Brookes, 2011), a curriculum to enhance cognitive flexibility and problem solving in students with Asperger Syndrome and Solving Executive Function Challenges: Simple Ways to Get Kids with Autism Unstuck and on Target. She is the co-author on numerous papers and posters about working with children with Asperger Syndrome/High Functioning Autism. Prior to going to Ivymount, Monica co-founded Take2 Summer Camp, a program designed to pilot the application of evidence based social skills programs. Monica has an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins. She has completed her coursework for her BCBA.
Laura Gutermuth Anthony, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Children,s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Anthony completed a dual degree Ph.D. program in clinical and developmental psychology at the University of Illinois, Chicago in 1997. Since then, she has focused her research and clinical work on children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, including more than 30 publications. She has also received funding for 11 federally-funded and 7 foundation research grants including a current Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) Addressing Disparities award for children with autism and ADHD to study this intervention.
Monica Adler Werner, M.S., is the Director of the Model Asperger Program (MAP) at the Ivymount School. In that capacity she has spearheaded the development of a social learning curriculum that emphasizes problem solving, self advocacy and self regulation. Ms Werner has been a major contributor to the development of the intervention. In addition, she is a co-founder of Take2 Summer Camp, a program designed to develop social thinking, problem solving and skills. She also serves as an ad hoc public reviewer of NIMH autism grants.
Content
About the Authors
Foreword John Elder Robison
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Reinforcement System
Icon Glossary
Script Practice Throughout the Manual
Topic 1 Foundational Skills
Lesson 1 Get to Know You
Introduction
Activity 1: Code of Conduct
Activity 2: Who Knows Whom?
Handout: All About Me!
Closing
Classroom Practice 1
Home Practice 1
Lesson 2 Introduction to Goal, Why, Plan, Do, Check
Introduction
Activity 1: Introduction to GWPDC
Activity 2: Wacky GWPDC
Handout: Wacky GWPDC
Closing
Classroom Practice 2
Home Practice 2
Lesson 3 Emotional Identification
Introduction
Activity 1: Feelings Target
Visual: Feelings Target
Materials: Feelings Target Cards
Activity 2: How Does It Make Me Feel?
Activity 3: Feelings Chain
Visual: Feelings Chain Scenarios
Handout: Feelings Chain Blank
Closing
Classroom Practice 3
Home Practice 3
Lesson 4 What Can You Do to Feel Better
Introduction
Activity 1: Disappointment and Coping
Handout: Disappointment and Coping
Activity 2: Coping Skills Investigation
Handout: How to Feel Just-Right
Handout: Just-Right Strategies Investigation
Handout: My Mission to Get Back to Just-Right
Handout: Deep Breathing
Activity 3: Strategy Cards
Handout: Strategy Card Examples
Additional Activity: Coping Choices
Closing
Classroom Practice 4
Home Practice 4
Topic 1 Progress Report
Topic 2 What Is Flexibility?
Lesson 5 Flexibility Investigation
Introduction
Activity 1: Flexible vs. Rigid Scavenger Hunt
Activity 2: Flexible Is Faster (and More Efficient)
Closing
Classroom Practice 5
Home Practice 5
Lesson 6 Flexibility
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Word-Flexibility
Handout: Mystery Word 1
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 1 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Flexible
Activity 2: As Flexible as Putty
Handout: Flexible Fun
Handout: Fun Putty Recipe
Closing
Classroom Practice 6
Home Practice 6
Lesson 7 Getting Stuck
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Word-Stuck
Handout: Mystery Word 2
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 2 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Stuck
Activity 2: Flexible/Stuck Role Play
Closing
Classroom Practice 7
Home Practice 7
Topic 2 Progress Report
Topic 3 How to Be Flexible
Lesson 8 Plan A ? Plan B
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Words-Plan A ? Plan B
Handout: Mystery Word 3
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 3 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Plan A ? Plan B
Activity 2: Speed B
Activity 3: Build a Plan A, B, C
Handout: Build a Plan A, B, C
Closing
Classroom Practice 8
Home Practice 8
Lesson 9 Compromise
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Word-Compromise
Handout: Mystery Word 4
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 4 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Compromise
Activity 2: Compromise Game
Materials: Compromise Game Cards
Closing
Classroom Practice 9
Home Practice 9
Lesson 10 Big Deal/Little Deal
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Words-Big Deal/Little Deal
Handout: Mystery Word 5
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 5 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Big Deal/Little Deal
Activity 2: Big Deal/Little Deal Practice
Materials: Big Deal/Little Deal Cards
Activity 3: Converting Big Deals to Little Deals
Handout: Big Deal/Little Deal Scale
Closing
Classroom Practice 10
Home Practice 10
Lesson 11 Choice/No Choice
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Words-Choice/No Choice
Handout: Mystery Word 6
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 6 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Choice/No Choice
Activity 2: Choice/No Choice Practice
Materials: Choice/No Choice Cards
Closing
Classroom Practice 11
Home Practice 11
Lesson 12 Expect the Unexpected
Introduction
Activity 1: Expect the Unexpected Introduction
Activity 2: Handling the Unexpected Exploration
Educator Guide: Handling the Unexpected Game Rules
Materials: Handling the Unexpected Game Board
Materials: Handling the Unexpected Game Cards
Closing
Classroom Practice 12
Home Practice 12
Topic 3 Progress Report
Topic 4 Why Be Flexible?
Lesson 13 The Advantages of Being Flexible
Introduction
Activity 1: What to Do When What I Want Is Impossible
Educator Script: My Two Choices
Visual: Group Flexibility Chant
Activity 2: Flexibility Freeway Game
Educator Guide: Flexibility Freeway Game Rules
Materials: Flexibility Freeway Game Board
Materials: Flexibility Freeway Game Cards
Closing
Classroom Practice 13
Home Practice 13
Lesson 14 Being Flexible Can Make Good Things Happen
Introduction
Activity 1: Flexibility Powers
Educator Script: Flexibility Gives You Power Scenarios
Activity 2: Flexible Reputation
Educator Script: Marble Jar: Flexible Reputation Scenarios
Closing
Classroom Practice 14
Home Practice 14
Topic 4 Progress Report
Topic 5 Your Goals: Getting What You Want
Lesson 15 Setting and Achieving Goals Using GWPDC
Introduction
Activity 1: Think Pink-GWPDC
Handout: Think Pink"GWPDC
Closing
Classroom Practice 15
Home Practice 15
Lesson 16 GWPDC Application and Practice
Introduction
Activity 1: Cereal
Additional Activity: What Is a Target Goal?
Additional Activity: Target Goal Example
Closing
Classroom Practice 16
Home Practice 16
Lessons 17 & 18 GWPDC Stations
Introduction
Activity 1: Plan B Strategies
Activity 2: GWPDC Stations (Optional)
Handout: GWPDC Station 1
Handout: Compromise Station 2
Handout: GWPDC Station 3
Materials: Distractor Game Cards Station 4
Materials: Distractor Game Cards Answer Key Station 4
Materials: Distractor Game Tracking Sheet Station 4
Handout: GWPDC Station 5
Handout: GWPDC Station 5 Scenarios
Closing
Classroom Practice 17 & 18
Home Practice 17 & 18
Lesson 19 Event Planning
Introduction
Activity 1: Planning a Class Event (Optional)
Closing
Classroom Practice 19 & 20
Home Practice 19 & 20
Lesson 20 Event
Topic 5 Progress Report
Topic 6 Flexible/Goal-Directed Futures
Lesson 21 Interview (& Optional Game0
Introduction
Activity 1: Talk Show
Handout: Flexible Futures
Additional Activity: Four Corners (Optional)
Educator Script: Four Corners Questions & Answer Key
Closing
Handout: Graduation Certificate
Classroom Practice 21
Home Practice 21
Topic 6 Progress Report
Appendix
Index
Foreword John Elder Robison
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Reinforcement System
Icon Glossary
Script Practice Throughout the Manual
Topic 1 Foundational Skills
Lesson 1 Get to Know You
Introduction
Activity 1: Code of Conduct
Activity 2: Who Knows Whom?
Handout: All About Me!
Closing
Classroom Practice 1
Home Practice 1
Lesson 2 Introduction to Goal, Why, Plan, Do, Check
Introduction
Activity 1: Introduction to GWPDC
Activity 2: Wacky GWPDC
Handout: Wacky GWPDC
Closing
Classroom Practice 2
Home Practice 2
Lesson 3 Emotional Identification
Introduction
Activity 1: Feelings Target
Visual: Feelings Target
Materials: Feelings Target Cards
Activity 2: How Does It Make Me Feel?
Activity 3: Feelings Chain
Visual: Feelings Chain Scenarios
Handout: Feelings Chain Blank
Closing
Classroom Practice 3
Home Practice 3
Lesson 4 What Can You Do to Feel Better
Introduction
Activity 1: Disappointment and Coping
Handout: Disappointment and Coping
Activity 2: Coping Skills Investigation
Handout: How to Feel Just-Right
Handout: Just-Right Strategies Investigation
Handout: My Mission to Get Back to Just-Right
Handout: Deep Breathing
Activity 3: Strategy Cards
Handout: Strategy Card Examples
Additional Activity: Coping Choices
Closing
Classroom Practice 4
Home Practice 4
Topic 1 Progress Report
Topic 2 What Is Flexibility?
Lesson 5 Flexibility Investigation
Introduction
Activity 1: Flexible vs. Rigid Scavenger Hunt
Activity 2: Flexible Is Faster (and More Efficient)
Closing
Classroom Practice 5
Home Practice 5
Lesson 6 Flexibility
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Word-Flexibility
Handout: Mystery Word 1
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 1 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Flexible
Activity 2: As Flexible as Putty
Handout: Flexible Fun
Handout: Fun Putty Recipe
Closing
Classroom Practice 6
Home Practice 6
Lesson 7 Getting Stuck
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Word-Stuck
Handout: Mystery Word 2
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 2 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Stuck
Activity 2: Flexible/Stuck Role Play
Closing
Classroom Practice 7
Home Practice 7
Topic 2 Progress Report
Topic 3 How to Be Flexible
Lesson 8 Plan A ? Plan B
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Words-Plan A ? Plan B
Handout: Mystery Word 3
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 3 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Plan A ? Plan B
Activity 2: Speed B
Activity 3: Build a Plan A, B, C
Handout: Build a Plan A, B, C
Closing
Classroom Practice 8
Home Practice 8
Lesson 9 Compromise
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Word-Compromise
Handout: Mystery Word 4
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 4 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Compromise
Activity 2: Compromise Game
Materials: Compromise Game Cards
Closing
Classroom Practice 9
Home Practice 9
Lesson 10 Big Deal/Little Deal
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Words-Big Deal/Little Deal
Handout: Mystery Word 5
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 5 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Big Deal/Little Deal
Activity 2: Big Deal/Little Deal Practice
Materials: Big Deal/Little Deal Cards
Activity 3: Converting Big Deals to Little Deals
Handout: Big Deal/Little Deal Scale
Closing
Classroom Practice 10
Home Practice 10
Lesson 11 Choice/No Choice
Introduction
Activity 1: Mystery Words-Choice/No Choice
Handout: Mystery Word 6
Educator Guide: Mystery Word 6 Key
Handout: Unstuck and On Target! Dictionary-Choice/No Choice
Activity 2: Choice/No Choice Practice
Materials: Choice/No Choice Cards
Closing
Classroom Practice 11
Home Practice 11
Lesson 12 Expect the Unexpected
Introduction
Activity 1: Expect the Unexpected Introduction
Activity 2: Handling the Unexpected Exploration
Educator Guide: Handling the Unexpected Game Rules
Materials: Handling the Unexpected Game Board
Materials: Handling the Unexpected Game Cards
Closing
Classroom Practice 12
Home Practice 12
Topic 3 Progress Report
Topic 4 Why Be Flexible?
Lesson 13 The Advantages of Being Flexible
Introduction
Activity 1: What to Do When What I Want Is Impossible
Educator Script: My Two Choices
Visual: Group Flexibility Chant
Activity 2: Flexibility Freeway Game
Educator Guide: Flexibility Freeway Game Rules
Materials: Flexibility Freeway Game Board
Materials: Flexibility Freeway Game Cards
Closing
Classroom Practice 13
Home Practice 13
Lesson 14 Being Flexible Can Make Good Things Happen
Introduction
Activity 1: Flexibility Powers
Educator Script: Flexibility Gives You Power Scenarios
Activity 2: Flexible Reputation
Educator Script: Marble Jar: Flexible Reputation Scenarios
Closing
Classroom Practice 14
Home Practice 14
Topic 4 Progress Report
Topic 5 Your Goals: Getting What You Want
Lesson 15 Setting and Achieving Goals Using GWPDC
Introduction
Activity 1: Think Pink-GWPDC
Handout: Think Pink"GWPDC
Closing
Classroom Practice 15
Home Practice 15
Lesson 16 GWPDC Application and Practice
Introduction
Activity 1: Cereal
Additional Activity: What Is a Target Goal?
Additional Activity: Target Goal Example
Closing
Classroom Practice 16
Home Practice 16
Lessons 17 & 18 GWPDC Stations
Introduction
Activity 1: Plan B Strategies
Activity 2: GWPDC Stations (Optional)
Handout: GWPDC Station 1
Handout: Compromise Station 2
Handout: GWPDC Station 3
Materials: Distractor Game Cards Station 4
Materials: Distractor Game Cards Answer Key Station 4
Materials: Distractor Game Tracking Sheet Station 4
Handout: GWPDC Station 5
Handout: GWPDC Station 5 Scenarios
Closing
Classroom Practice 17 & 18
Home Practice 17 & 18
Lesson 19 Event Planning
Introduction
Activity 1: Planning a Class Event (Optional)
Closing
Classroom Practice 19 & 20
Home Practice 19 & 20
Lesson 20 Event
Topic 5 Progress Report
Topic 6 Flexible/Goal-Directed Futures
Lesson 21 Interview (& Optional Game0
Introduction
Activity 1: Talk Show
Handout: Flexible Futures
Additional Activity: Four Corners (Optional)
Educator Script: Four Corners Questions & Answer Key
Closing
Handout: Graduation Certificate
Classroom Practice 21
Home Practice 21
Topic 6 Progress Report
Appendix
Index