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Growing Executive Function
Empowering Secondary Students With Skills for Lifelong Success
Educators gain practical, research-based educational tools to explicitly grow and teach executive function. Designed for secondary students, this book helps teachers support students, increase independence, and create calmer and more effective classrooms—where students manage time, advocate for themselves, and thrive independently.
Executive function made easy for teachers
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
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