SMARTS Video Archives

Posted May 19, 2021

Metacognition is the key to success in school and beyond, not to mention the use of executive function strategies. In SMARTS, we believe...

Posted April 14, 2021

Cognitive flexibility, the ability to think flexibly, is one of the most important executive function processes to promote student success...

Posted October 30, 2019

Lynn Meltzer, Ph.D., president and director of ResearchILD, has been a pioneer in the field of executive function, strategy instruction, and...

Posted August 21, 2019

Looking to teach executive function strategies to elementary students? SMARTS Elementary, our newest curriculum, has 30 fun, hands-on activities...

Posted October 17, 2018

The SMARTS Executive Function Curriculum has been helping students with ADHD and learning differences for a long time—long enough to see some of...

Posted May 2, 2018

The public school system serves a large proportion of our nation’s students, representing a wide and diverse range of abilities, challenges...

Posted February 8, 2018

I am excited to report that we have just surpassed the 100 YouTube subscriber mark on our channel! We are so thankful to all of you who have...

Posted January 4, 2018

Are executive function strategies only for students in special education? Or do they benefit all students? It shouldn’t surprise you that...

Posted August 2, 2017

Last week, Kim and I were thrilled to host a webinar for an audience of educational therapists, parents, teachers, and more for the Association...

Posted July 27, 2017

This is part 2 of our series from ResearchILD intern, Acadia Connor, a recent high school graduate who has dyslexia and is a college-bound honors...

Posted July 25, 2017

ResearchILD intern, Acadia Connor, is a recent high school graduate who has dyslexia and is a college-bound honors student. Acadia recently...

Posted May 4, 2017

Working memory is the ability to hold information in one’s mind and to mentally manipulate this information (e.g., mental math). It’s...