Dr. Lynn Meltzer on Cognitive Flexibility
Posted April 14, 2021
Cognitive flexibility, the ability to think flexibly, is one of the most important executive function processes to promote student success...
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Project Eye to Eye: Unlocking the Potential of Students with Learning Differences
Posted February 1, 2018
Accepting a label — and choosing to identify oneself with a “learning disability or difference” — can be the first step to empowerment. How can...
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Executive Function Strategies in Public Schools
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...
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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...
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3 Essential Components of Successful Hybrid Learning
Posted July 15, 2020
Superintendents and principals are starting to release their plans for the fall, ranging from remote learning to in-person instruction with...
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Free SMARTS Webinars on YouTube
Posted May 12, 2020
During this time of distance learning, executive function learning strategies are more important than ever. We’ve heard from many teachers...
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Remote Learning: Creating Transition Times for Students with ADHD
Posted April 7, 2020
At this difficult time I know we’re all looking for ways to help students with learning differences, like ADHD, deal with the challenge of...
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Executive Function and Junk Food
Posted January 2, 2020
There’s no question that what we eat has a major influence on our day to day behavior and our long term health. But how does what we eat...
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Fear and Goal Setting with Teenagers
Posted August 29, 2019
Back to school is the perfect time to set goals, but goal setting can be a challenge for many students, especially those with learning differences...
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Beautiful Short Film about Life with ADHD
Posted July 31, 2019
Falling Letters (Swedish title: Bokstavsbarn) by Erik Rosenlund depicts one day in the life of a child who has many of the symptoms of ADHD or...
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Executive Function and Helicopter Parenting
Posted July 24, 2019
When children are young, parents do almost everything for them. Young children are not capable of organizing, self-checking, or thinking flexibly...
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Executive Function in Context
Posted May 15, 2019
Executive function is all about context. There are many reasons why a student may struggle with executive function, such as having a learning...
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