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Home/Core Initiatives/Connections and Collaboration/ACS Workshop: Understanding Executive Functioning in Neurodivergent College Students

ACS Workshop: Understanding Executive Functioning in Neurodivergent College Students

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 – 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm E.T. (Virtual Workshop)

Join Kellen Story (The Neurodiversity Alliance) for this hour-long session on the executive functioning challenges neurodivergent students commonly face. Our classrooms and campus spaces often operate on neurotypical expectations and norms, but neurodivergent brains are wired differently. Executive functioning is the brain’s management system, governing working memory, cognitive flexibility, and inhibitory control — all essential to college student success. Drawing on both a professional background supporting thousands of neurodivergent students in college accessibility and personal lived experience, Kellen offers a rare, dual perspective on the obstacles and transitional challenges ND students encounter, along with adaptable, practical strategies your campus can use to address them.

This session is part of a broader ACS initiative to support neurodivergent learners, made possible through generous support from the ECMC Foundation.

Click here to learn about the facilitator for this workshop.
Click here to learn about the facilitator for this workshop.

Kellen Story is the Senior Manager of Online Community and Leadership Initiatives at The Neurodiversity Alliance, where he leads efforts to foster connection, leadership, and community among neurodivergent students. His work draws on more than a decade of experience in higher education and disability services, including roles at the University of New Hampshire and the University of Colorado Boulder, where he helped develop programs and resources to support students with disabilities.
Click here to learn about learning objectives and key takeaways of the program.
Click here to learn about learning objectives and key takeaways of the program.

Learning outcomes and key takeaways of the program:

● Recognize how executive function challenges — including working memory, cognitive flexibility, and inhibitory control — uniquely manifest in higher education environments.
● Explore adaptable organizational tools and self-regulation techniques that align with neurodivergent cognitive styles.
● Identify 1–2 practical executive functioning strategies to integrate into immediate routines or academic support toolkits.

Please register below. Contact workshops@acsouth.edu with questions.

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