Executive Function and Reading
Executive function plays a role in reading beginning in preschool when students are first developing their relationship with language and text. In middle and high school, executive function becomes even more
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Quick Tip: Productivity Hacks for Kids
The website Life Hacker just came out with a great list of concentration hacks for kids! I’ll share a few of my favorites, but you should definitely check out the
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Teaching When You Have ADHD
The SMARTS Executive Function Curriculum has been helping students with ADHD and learning differences for a long time—long enough to see some of our SMARTS students grow up into teachers!
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Quick Tip: Use Photographs to Show Students How to Organize
I can’t count the number times I’ve asked a student, “Why isn’t your desk organized?” And they have looked at me, with honesty and confusion in their eyes, saying: “But I
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Children’s Book Authors with Dyslexia
We’ve previously discussed the importance of helping students with dyslexia find books that feature protagonists who face the same challenges as they do. It can be just as powerful for
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