"The single greatest predictor of academic success is executive function.
It even trumps IQ." -John Medina, Brain Rules
Here’s what parents can do about it.
Raising Capable Kids: Expert Tips to Grow
Executive Function Skills at Home
Executive Function Skills at Home
Praise from participants:
"Your presentation was fantastic today…at times I go to presentations at schools and feel like I get five minutes of value and yours was value packed."
“Well organized presentation. Open to question, sensitive to audience needs. Wish it could be longer. Thank you so much!”
Executive function skills are high-level mental processes that help kids regulate behavior, manage time and complete tasks. Nurturing these skills from a young age can have a bigger impact on your child’s education and long-term well-being than other factors - including IQ, school choice, or delaying kindergarten.
Details:
- Who: Parents of kids in Kindergarten through age 11
- When: September 6, 2017. 9:30-11:00 AM
- Where: Mill Valley Community Center, Mountain View room
- Investment: $85.00 per person. Financial assistance is available, please contact Dan Leibowitz.
- Materials: Participants will receive a variety of useful materials.
Past participants include:
- Parents
- Psychologists and psychiatrists
- Current and former independent school administrators
- Teachers from Bridge the Gap College Prep
- Educational Therapists
Further reading:
- Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Dawson and Guare
- The Marshmallow Test, Dr. Walter Mischel
- Building the Brain’s “Air Traffic Control” System: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function. Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
- Grit Trumps Talent and IQ: A Story Every Parent (and Educator) Should Read, National Geographic
- 7 Crippling Parenting Behaviors That Keep Children From Growing Into Leaders, Forbes
- We're Thinking About ADHD All Wrong, Says A Top Pediatrician, nprED
- Building the Brain’s “Air Traffic Control System”: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function. Center on the Developing Child. Harvard University.