Workshop 1: Mastering Executive Function: Strategies for student success
Sarah Ward, M.S., CCC/SLP and Co-Director of Cognitive Connections, LLP has over 30 years of experience in diagnostic evaluations, treatment and case management of children, adolescents and adults with a wide range of developmental and acquired brain-based learning difficulties and behavioral problems not limited to but including:
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Verbal Learning Disabilities
• Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Other Social-Cognitive Learning Disabilities
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Acquired Brain Injury
Her particular interest is in the assessment and treatment of executive function deficits. She holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.
A popular speaker, Sarah is an internationally recognized expert on executive function skills and regularly presents seminars and workshops on the programs and strategies she has developed with her Co-Director Kristen Jacobsen. Sarah has co-authored the 360 Thinking Executive program and co-developed the educational products the Academic Planner and Tracknets, as well as the Time Tracker Program and Get Ready *Do*Done instructional approach. Described as ‘revolutionary’ and ‘groundbreaking’ their 360 Thinking Program received the Innovative Promising Practices Award from the National Organization CHADD. She has presented to and consulted with over 2000 public and private schools worldwide.
Awards Received:
Top 10 Professional Development Providers for 2023 by Education Technology Insights Magazine.
Nancy Telian Award for innovative practices with twice exceptional students (2019)
Bette Ann Harris Distinguished Professional (2017)
Innovative Promising Practices Award by CHADD, The National Resource on ADHD (November 2015)
ACE awards (2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025) from American Speech and Language Hearing Association
MGH Expertise in Clinical Practice Award
The Distinguished Alumni Award from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, May, 2005.
The Faculty in Excellence Award from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, May, 2002 and 2011
The Partners in Excellence Award from the Massachusetts General Hospital , December, 1998
The Stephanie Macaluso Expertise in Clinical Practice Award for the Massachusetts General Hospital , June 1998