Executive Functioning: Assessment, Misconceptions, and Practical Strategies for Helping Professionals 9/26/26
Date/Time
Time: 8:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Location: LIVESTREAM
Cost: $99.99
Credits: 5 CE Credits
Events open 15 minutes before the hour. Registration ends 30 minutes before the event opens.
Presenter(s)
CEU Creations presents:
Executive Functioning: Assessment, Misconceptions, and Practical Strategies for Helping Professionals 9/26/26
FEATURING:
- Practical strategies to assess executive functioning challenges and respond with evidence-informed, compassionate support
- Insight into common misconceptions about executive functioning and how these difficulties show up
EVENT INFO:
8:45 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Events open 15 minutes before the hour. Registration ends 30 minutes before the event opens.
COST:
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:
Social Workers:
ASWB ACE – 5 Clinical CE credits
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work – 5 Contact hours
Psychologists:
APA – 5 CE credits
Counselors:
NBCC ACEP – 5 Contact hours
NY State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners – 5 Contact hours
Addiction Professionals:
NAADAC – 5 Contact hours
Nurses:
California Board of Registered Nursing – 5 Contact hours
Case Managers:
CCMC – 5 CE Contact hours
Long-Term Care Administrators:
This course is not approved for NAB/NCERS participant hours.
Attendance or applied credit certificate available for other credentials.
Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure the transferability of CE credits.
Counselors: If this course awards Ethics hours, please note that some states do not recognize Ethics hours; in those cases, Contact hours will be awarded.
Target Audience: Social workers, psychologists, counselors, nurses, and case managers
Counseling Skill Group:
4. Counseling Services
OVERVIEW:
Executive functioning refers to a set of higher-order cognitive processes that support goal-directed behavior, including planning, organization, impulse control, emotional regulation, working memory, cognitive flexibility, self-monitoring, and task initiation. These skills are foundational to success in school, work, relationships, and daily living, yet executive functioning challenges are often misunderstood as defiance, laziness, lack of motivation, or poor attitude.
This 5-hour training offers a comprehensive exploration of executive functioning across the lifespan, with attention to its neurobiological foundations, developmental trajectory, and functional impact in educational, clinical, healthcare, and community settings. Participants will examine what executive functioning is, what it is not, and how executive functioning difficulties present differently in children, adolescents, and adults. The training will also address the relationship between executive functioning and conditions such as ADHD, trauma, anxiety, depression, autism, learning differences, and neurocognitive disorders.
Through case examples, practical applications, and research-informed discussion, participants will learn how to identify executive functioning strengths and deficits, distinguish these challenges from willful behavior or low motivation, and apply supportive strategies that promote functioning and reduce stigma. Emphasis will be placed on real-world interventions, environmental supports, and professional responses that are compassionate, developmentally appropriate, and evidence-informed.
OBJECTIVES:
By attending this training, you will be able to:
1. Explain the core components of executive functioning.
2. Describe the neurobiological and developmental processes that influence executive functioning across the lifespan.
3. Differentiate executive functioning challenges from behavioral noncompliance, lack of motivation, intellectual limitations, and other commonly misunderstood presentations.
4. Identify the ways executive functioning difficulties manifest in children, adolescents, adults, and older adults across school, clinical, healthcare, workplace, and community settings.
5. Examine the relationship between executive functioning and common clinical or contextual factors, including ADHD, trauma, anxiety, depression, autism, learning differences, and neurocognitive change.
6. Apply practical, evidence-informed strategies and supports to improve organization, planning, emotional regulation, task completion, and overall functioning in the individuals they serve.
AGENDA (all times are Eastern):
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Executive Functioning (includes a 10-minute break)
12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. Midway Reset
12:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Executive Functioning (includes a 10-minute break)
PRESENTER BIO:
Nick Swanson, LMSW, is a school social worker for the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, based out of Bettendorf, Iowa. He has served as a school social worker for over 10 years. Prior to his work in schools, he was a mental health professional at a residential facility for at-risk youth. He is also an adjunct professor at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.
Nick's focus in schools includes building systems to support students’ social-emotional behavioral needs, providing direct services to students and families, and evaluating and supporting students within special education. His work has included great attention on improving practices and policies within districts and increasing therapeutic supports in schools.
COURSE PARTICIPATION INFORMATION:
To ensure you are ready to participate, please review these tips and tricks to ensure a better webinar experience.
This live webinar is fully interactive; a computer is required. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation and participate in instructor-led discussions. Zoom account is not required.
You will receive a reminder email approximately 24 hours prior to the start of the training and a link to join the webinar will be in your CEU Creations account under Member Profile.
To receive credit, you must log in on time, attend the entire presentation, and interact.
POST EVENT: When the training ends, your attendance will be processed using Zoom analytics. Once processed, the evaluation link will be available in your account and we ask that you complete it within 3 days of the training. Once your evaluation is complete, your certificate will be available in your CEU Creations account within 24-72 hours.
Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions.
FINE PRINT
SOCIAL WORKERS: CEU Creations, #1239, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/24-11/22/27. Social workers completing this course receive 5 Clinical CE credits.
CEU Creations, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0616. This activity is approved for 5 Contact hours.
PSYCHOLOGISTS: 5 CE credits. CEU Creations is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CEU Creations maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
COUNSELORS: 5 Contact hours 
CEU Creations has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6941. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CEU Creations is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. CEU Creations, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0199. This activity is approved for 5 Contact hours.
ADDICTION PROFESSIONALS: This course has been approved by CEU Creations, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 5 CEs. NAADAC Provider #324725. CEU Creations is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
NURSES: 5 Contact hours. CEU Creations is an approved provider of nursing CEs through the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider number: CEP17905. All states retain their own licensing authority through their own boards. Please make sure to check with your own state board to ensure transferability of the CE credits.
Cancellation Policy: Registrants must cancel their registration in their CEU Creations account. No email, faxes, or mail cancellations will be accepted. Cancellation fee: $25. Refunds will not be given for cancellations within five (5) business days prior to the workshop date.
Accessibility Accommodations: At CEU Creations, we are dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible experience for all individuals. We strive to ensure our continuing education content, website, and services are usable by everyone, regardless of ability. We are continually working to enhance accessibility and user experience for all of our users. If you encounter any barriers, have questions, or wish to request accommodations, please don’t hesitate to reach out. You can contact us at [email protected] and a member of our team will review your message and respond promptly.
Event Cancellation and Rescheduling Policy: In the event that CEU Creations cancels or reschedules an event, registered participants will be given the option to receive a full refund, a credit toward a different event of the same value, or to transfer their registration to the rescheduled date.