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by Sarah Kesty (Author)
Author and educator Sarah Kesty offers educators practical tools to teach executive function skills--such as planning, time management, and organization--through classroom strategies, structured lessons, and academic coaching. By integrating these skills into daily routines, teachers can reduce classroom frustration while empowering students to develop self-awareness, responsibility, independence, and ownership of their learning behaviors through practical strategies and reflective exercises.
Grades 6-12 teachers can use this book to:
- Understand integral facets of executive function and its impacts on student learning
- Master effective lesson plan structure to instill core executive function skills
- Engage in academic coaching conversations to build students' skills and self-awareness
- Adopt strategies to encourage executive function for students with diverse learning needs
- Develop support systems for students struggling with executive function development
Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Starting With Executive Function 101
Chapter 2: Creating the Executive Function-Empowered Classroom
Chapter 3: Teaching Executive Function Skills
Chapter 4: Understanding Executive Function Coaching
Chapter 5: Exploring Executive Function Deficits
Chapter 6: Planning Executive Function Supports
Epilogue
Appendix
References and Resources
Index
Number of Pages: 264
Publication Date: September 02, 2025
