Helpful Links
If you are looking for more information on Executive functions or helpful tools to use within the classroom click the links below.
Education World provides ready to use lesson plans for teachers. This link will provide you with social emotional learning lesson plans that can support student executive functions.
This is a Link to an executive functioning guide that provides great articles to help you learn more about every area of executive functions by providing information on what they are, the science behind them, what deficits look like for each, and how to support them in the classroom.
LD @ school is a website full of information and resources to help parents and educators support students with Learning Disabilities (LD). Within this website it provides an online learning module for educators on executive functioning. Click the link to learn more.
SMARTS is an online executive function curriculum that educators can use to support students Executive Functioning skill development and growth in a variety of settings.
Click the links and take a look at some articles on executive functioning skills
This article by Adele Diamond(2014) , discusses all aspects of executive functioning. It looks at each function and how they develop and are measured. The article also discusses the relationship between the functions and how they work together.
This article is by Diana Benner (2022). She provides helpful information on working memory to help educators understand what it is, how it affects learning and how to support student deficits.
This is a 12 page guide full of information on how to better support the students in your classroom with executive functioning deficits.
This guide is from the Pathway 2 Success blog. It takes you through the umbrella of executive functioning, by providing a definition for each function and helpful ways to support them.
gain a better understanding of Executive Functioning skills by checking out the following videos
American Enterprise Insitute. (2018, December 20). Executive function skills: Interview with Stephanine M. Carlson, PhD: Viewpoint. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjL9tWpsL6s
Ginnett, A. [TEDx]. (2016, February 10). Who doesn't have trouble with executive functioning?. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq0oNVb0k58
Carlson, S. [TEDx]. ( 2020, October 26). Executive function skills are the root of success. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvyTiC_byOo
ADDitude Magazine. (2021, November 3). Teaching and learning meta-cognition skills: Q&A session on ADHD & improving executive functions. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ-5Vjz7poE
Click the following Webinar videos for more tips & strategies on supporting executive function skills.
Perler, s. (2020, May 27). Executive function tips for parents and teachers, interview. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS8IYSwDoWk
SMARTS. ( 2020, May 28). Executive function and math. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhLAcp6j9VM
Hewer, R. (2021, October 25). What are executive function skills?. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unOzSp0azu4
SMARTS. (2020, May 14). Executive function and reading: SMARTS online webinar. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgvU1V3TgtM
Institute of Education Sciences. ( 2022, October 25). Recommended practices for social-emotional learning and executive function. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eieLaO3rFVQ
Washing State Health Care Authority. (2022, May 20). Skills to strengthen executive functioning webinar. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxbrZJNEYRw
Resources
ADDitude Magazine. (2021, November 3). Teaching and learning meta-cognition skills: Q&A session on ADHD & improving executive functions. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ-5Vjz7poE
American Enterprise Insitute. (2018, December 20). Executive function skills: Interview with Stephanine M. Carlson, PhD: Viewpoint. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjL9tWpsL6s
Benner, D. (2022). Strategies for supporting working memory. Good Teaching. https://blog.tcea.org/strategies-working-memory/
Carlson, S. [TEDx]. ( 2020, October 26). Executive function skills are the root of success. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvyTiC_byOo
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. (2022). A guide to executive functions. https://developingchild.harvard.edu/guide/a-guide-to-executive-function/
Diamond, A. (2013). Executive functions. National Institutes of Health. 64(2013) 135-168
Education World. (2022). Ready-to-use character education and social emotional learning lesson plans. https://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/char-ed/main.shtml
Gendron, M. J. (2020). A in-depth look at executive functions. LD @school . https://www.ldatschool.ca/learning-modules/executive-functions/overview/
Ginnett, A. [TEDx]. (2016, February 10). Who doesn't have trouble with executive functioning?. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq0oNVb0k58
Hewer, R. (2021, October 25). What are executive function skills?. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unOzSp0azu4
Institute of Education Sciences. ( 2022, October 25). Recommended practices for social-emotional learning and executive function. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eieLaO3rFVQ
Kristina. (2021). 10 Executive function skills: The ultimate guide. Pathway 2 Success. https://www.thepathway2success.com/10-executive-functioning-skills-the-ultimate-guide/
Perler, s. (2020, May 27). Executive function tips for parents and teachers, interview. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS8IYSwDoWk
Schultz, J., et al. (2022) . Schoolhouse blocks: A guide to building executive functions. ADDitude. https://www.additudemag.com/download/executive-function-adhd-school-guide/?src=embed_link
SMARTS (2022). https://smarts-ef.org/
SMARTS. (2020, May 14). Executive function and reading: SMARTS online webinar. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgvU1V3TgtM
SMARTS. (2020, May 28). Executive function and math. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhLAcp6j9VM
Washing State Health Care Authority. (2022, May 20). Skills to strengthen executive functioning webinar. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxbrZJNEYRw