Executive function skills - stories are related to other adults in their lives - a lot of invalidation around their experience of not being able to access what’s going on in schools.
Story of what a student’s experience is.
Kids who feel disconnected or not learning.
Kids who feel like school is not for them.
School wounds go back to different stages and levels of our lives.
Schools should feel safe for kids.
School is not designed for kids.
Purpose of school design: How do we help kids do the things that society wants them to do?
We can’t aim for the middle
Executive Function - behaviors related to the cognitive skills related to help us get things done, especially efficiently.
Executive function: Inhibition (pause and assess before reacting); working memory (take information, and do something with it); cognitive flexibility (shift sets, being flexible and adaptable) - not just about learning, but about living.
Then there are behaviors related to those things
Prioritize time (because we can’t manage time).
Invalidation - Often get mislabeled as behavioral skills or as “dumb” because they can’t do certain things in schools at the right time.
Alexis Reid is an educational therapist and learning consultant who specializes in executive function (EF) coaching, social-emotional learning (SEL), teaching and development, as well as designing flexible and accessible learning and environments through Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
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