Unlocking Student Potential

Marcy McIver, MS, is an educational consultant, executive function and attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) coach, OrtonaEUR"Gillingham instructor, and former classroom teacher. Ms. McIver provides professional development for educators internationally, with a focus on translating the science of executive function into practical classroom approaches and tools that support learning, self-regulation, and independence. She also works directly with students with executive function challenges; ADHD; and learning differences, such as dyslexia and dyscalculia; and coaches teens and supports parents of children with ADHD. She is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Peg Dawson, EdD, is a New Hampshire-based psychologist who provides professional development training on executive skills for schools and organizations nationally and internationally. Dr. Dawson is a past president of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and the International School Psychology Association, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from NASP. She is coauthor of bestselling books for general readers, among them Smart but Scattered and Smart but Scattered Teens,as well as books for professionals, including Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents.

Introduction: How to Use This Book I. Unlocking Educator Potential: Decoding and Teaching Executive Function Skills 1. Executive Function Skills Explained: Unlocking the Mind 2. The Keys to Enhance Educator Expertise: Unlocking the Skills 3. Preparing to Teach Executive Function Skills: Unlocking the Conditions II. Unlocking Student Potential: Teaching the 11 Executive Function Skills 4. Opening the Executive Function Vault: Introducing Executive Function Skills to Your Students 5. Response Inhibition: Training Your Inner Cop 6. Working Memory: Lightening the Cognitive Load 7. Emotional Control: Opening the Door to Emotional Mastery 8. Flexibility: Unlocking the Doors to Flexible Thinking 9. Sustained Attention: Harnessing Focus in the Classroom 10. Task Initiation: Breaking through the Wall of Resistance 11. Planning and Prioritizing: Solving the Planning Puzzle 12. Organization: Orchestrating Organized Environments and Minds 13. Time Management: Ticking Towards Success 14. Goal-Directed Persistence: Keeping the Spark Alive 15. Metacognition: The Master Key That Unlocks All Skills III. Unlocking Lasting Executive Function Success: Essential Keys and Refining Practice 16. The Essential Keys for Executive Function Success 17. Sustaining Executive Function Success: Troubleshooting Mini-Guide for Continued Growth Epilogue: Where Change Truly Begins Appendices References Index