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SUMMARY:Empowering parents to foster children's early executive function d
 evelopment\, in two different contexts - Dr Alexandra Hendry\, Department 
 of Experimental Psychology University of Oxford
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CONTACT:Louise Gray
DESCRIPTION:In this talk Dr. Hendry will introduce two co-developed and ev
 idence-informed approaches to empowering parents to foster their children
 ’s goal-directed behavioural and cognitive control skills (known as exec
 utive functions): The Playful Packs project addresses barriers to engageme
 nt in parent-child activities\, amongst UK families from less-advantaged b
 ackgrounds (https://www.playfulpacks.uk). The Supporting Toddlers with a c
 onnection to autism or ADHD to develop strong Attention\, Regulation and T
 hinking skills (START\; www.startproject.info) is a neurodiversity-affirmi
 ng programme which aims to support executive function development through:
  increasing opportunities for toddlers to practise executive function skil
 ls in enjoyable ways that can be embedded into day-to-day life\; recognisi
 ng how parents already support their child’s development\, and empowerin
 g them via peer-support to develop their knowledge and confidence further\
 ; and promoting accommodations and adaptations to meet children’s indivi
 dual needs so that they are best able to use their executive function skil
 ls.\n\nThe talk will be followed by a short Q&A.
LOCATION:Hybrid: Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Dept. of Psychology\, Down
 ing Site / Teams: please request the link from lg648 or sign up via https:
 //bit.ly/3tILsg0
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