Executive Function
Coach Training for Schools
Connections in Mind is committed to improving access to executive function coaching for children, young people and adults from all backgrounds. One way we do this is by providing world-class executive function coach training. School learning support professionals, teachers, house directors, tutors and more.
School learning support professionals, teachers, house directors, and tutors who attend our course will learn to screen for executive function differences and design learning support which meets the complex needs of children in their care. Â
Helping people to develop essential skills.
Executive function challenges are often the barrier to success for individuals struggling at school or the workplace. Executive function coaching is a client/student-led approach to behaviour change. It helps individuals to develop self awareness and to form new habits, enhancing their lives and helping them become more successful at mastering the skills they need to flourish. Â
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Our Coach Training for Schools
Most people have an array of executive function skills strengths and weaknesses. Identifying those challenges can help in order to devise strategies to overcome these weaknesses. The malleable nature of the brain’s neural pathways means we can all learn techniques to overcome executive function challenges.Â
 Executive Function Coaching can be delivered as a bespoke intervention or integrated into an existing supportive practice. This is not a life coaching course – it offers a new EF lens that you can adopt into your work, with knowledge and practice in delivering EF aware coaching to neurodiverse clients.Â
What does the course cover?
Most people have an array of executive function skills strengths and challenges. Identifying those challenges can help in order to devise strategies to overcome these barriers to learning. The malleable nature of the brain’s neural pathways means we can all learn techniques to support our executive function challenges.Â
School learning support professionals, teachers, and tutors who attend our course will gain practical understanding and skills in the areas of:
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- An overview of basic neuroscience and neuroplasticity
- How emotional processing relates to executive functioning skills
- Understanding executive function skills and how to communicate their impact
- Evaluating change readiness
- Basic coaching and motivational interviewing skills
- Assessing learners executive function profiles
- Evaluating how ready a learner is to make changes
- Supporting learners to identify executive function skill goals
- Supporting learners to develop new habits and strategies
- Supporting learners to maintain progress
- Capturing impact and supporting learners to evaluate their progress
- Connections in Mind’s three step approach to developing executive function skills
- How to deliver impactful training on executive functioning with parents, colleagues and SLT
- Initiating a whole school executive function approach
FAQs
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Who is this course for?
What is the structure?
Is the course accredited?
What support do I get?
Book on to our free weekly Q&A Session...
Book a time to speak with our head course facilitator Casey Anley who will be able to answer any questions you may have.
Your Facilitator
Victoria Bagnall is a world-renowned speaker and author on executive functioning, brain development and behaviour.
She is the co-founder of Connections in Mind and has dedicated her life to raising awareness about neurological differences, executive functioning and brain states. She believes that this knowledge has the power to bring about significant societal change by fostering a culture of neuro-inclusion.
As a teacher by profession, her skill lies in translating complex neuroscientific findings into engaging, thought provoking learning experiences.
Our Upcoming Training Dates
Summer 2024
Mondays, 5-8pm BST
- 22 April – Welcome & Tech Check (30 mins)
- 29 April – Session 1: Executive Functions, Neuroplasticity & Behaviour Change
- 6 May – Session 2: Coaching & professional skills
- 13 May – Session 3: Connect Phase – EF profiling, EF literacy, empathy and compassion
- 20 May – Session 4: Collaboration Phase – Working with learners to develop specific strategies that work for them
- 27 May – No live training (UK half term)
- 3 June – Session 5: Support Phase – How to scaffold habit development for EF skills mastery.
- 10 June – Session 6: Wider Community – How to communicate with parents, teachers and SLT for a whole-school approach
- 24 June – Open-book assessment due
Autumn 2024
Tuesdays, 5-8pm BST
- 8th Oct – Welcome & Tech Check (30 mins)
- 15 October – Session 1: Executive Functions, Neuroplasticity & Behaviour Change
- 5 Nov – Session 2: Coaching & professional skills
- 12 Nov – Session 3: Connect Phase – EF profiling, EF literacy, empathy and compassion
- 19 Nov – Session 4: Collaboration Phase – Working with       learners to develop specific strategies that work for them
- 26 Nov – Session 5: Support Phase – How to scaffold habit development for EF skills mastery.
-  3 Dec – Session 6: Wider Community – How to communicate  with parents, teachers and SLT for a whole-school approach
- 17 Dec – Open-book assessment due
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Hear from our graduates
Want to hear how others use their training in their work?
You are welcome to take a listen to our recent webinar and podcast episode we recorded with participants of our training.Â
