Unstuck & On Target! Ages 11-15

Lauren Kenworthy PhD 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 BA from Yale University and PhD 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) Lynn Cannon, M.Ed is a social learning specialist at The Ivymount School and The Maddux School Ms Cannon received her MEd 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 Katie C Alexander MS OTR/L is an occupational therapist and clinician-researcher Ms Alexander received her BS 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. 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. Laura Gutermuth Anthony PhD completed a dual degree PhD 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

About the Online Companion Materials
Included With Unstuck & On Target: Ages 11-15
About the Authors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Unit 1: Flexibility, Power, and Planning


Topic 1.1: Flexible Thinking
Topic 1.2: Plan A/Plan B = More Power
Topic 1.3: How to Increase Your Power to Help Yourself and The World
Topic 1.4: Flexible Feelings – Accepting and Letting Go of Frustration and Disappointment
Topic 1.5: Putting a Plan on Trial (checking your plan before trying it out)
Topic 1.6: Celebration Day! The Plan B Party
Unit 2: Compromise


Topic 2.1: Compromising a Win-Win
Topic 2.2: Should I Compromise?
Topic 2.3: Try Out Your Compromise Skills
Topic 2.4: Plan Another Special Event Together Using Compromise Skills
Topic 2.5: The Special Event
Topic 2.6: Reviewing the Special Event
Unit 3: Efficient Planning


Topic 3.1: Getting (and Staying) Excited About a Future Goal
Topic 3.2: Efficient Planning – Staying Focused on the Big Picture Goal
Topic 3.3: Efficient Planning – Watching the Clock
Topic 3.4: Pulling it All Together – Using All of the Skills/Key Vocabulary to Finalize the
Plan
Topic 3.5: The Longer-Term Event/Project – Efficient Planning = Power!
Topic 3.6: Reviewing the Longer-Term Event/Project: Learning from our Successes and
Challenges
Unit 4: Making Executive Function Skills Work in Your Life


Topic 4.1 Developing a Personal Goal: Using Executive Function Skills in Our Real Lives
Topic 4.2 Using Executive Function Skills for Personal Goals
Topic 4.3: Putting Personal Plans on Trial
Topic 4.4 Preparing for Graduation – Celebrating our Executive Function Skills
Topic 4.5: Graduation
Appendix A: Questions for Reflection
Appendix B: Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions