Facilitator: Kellen Story, The Neurodiversity Alliance
Description: 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, this workshop offered a rare, dual perspective on the obstacles and transitional challenges ND students encounter, along with adaptable, practical strategies campuses 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.
Understanding Executive Functioning Slides
Practical Executive Functioning Strategies for Faculty and Staff
Executive Functioning Strategies for Students