Course Overview

Module 1: Foundations

Explores how learning styles and the 12 executive functions shape both teaching and learning. Educators learn to identify diverse strengths, understand the hidden cognitive skills behind academic success, and implement inclusive strategies that build organization, focus, and adaptability in students.

Module 2: Time Management

Focuses on helping students and teachers master flexible thinking, accurate time estimation, and personalized scheduling systems. Participants learn to support students in balancing structure with adaptability, reducing stress, and developing routines that foster efficiency and resilience.

Module 3: Goal Setting

Teaches educators how to help students create and pursue short-term and long-term goals. The module emphasizes linking daily work to big-picture aspirations and modeling flexibility, perseverance, and reflection so students can stay motivated even when plans change.

Module 4: Emotional Regulation

Centers on strategies to help students identify triggers and stressors, practice positive self-talk, and use CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) techniques. The focus is on building calm, capable, and resilient learners—and supporting teachers’ emotional well-being too.

Module 5: Task Initiation

Addresses the challenge of getting started. Educators learn strategies to overcome procrastination, build habits of action, and design classroom structures that make starting tasks easier and less overwhelming for students.

Module 6: Working Memory

Explores the role of working memory in learning. Teachers learn to spot weaknesses in working memory, understand how it connects to other memory systems, and strengthen it using techniques such as chunking, rehearsal, and retrieval practice—all tailored to different learning styles.

Module 7: Focus and Attention

Examines the different types of attention—selective, sustained, and divided—and provides strategies to enhance focus and minimize distraction. Educators learn methods to build attention stamina, teach self-regulation, and create environments that promote engagement.

Module 8: Organization

Covers both physical and cognitive organization. Participants learn how disorganization affects performance, discover tools for structuring writing, planning, and prioritizing tasks, and implement systems that bring order to classroom and student routines.

Module 9: Metacognition

Guides teachers in fostering students' self-reflection and awareness. Educators explore how to teach “thinking about thinking,” helping students evaluate their learning strategies, make adjustments, and become independent, strategic learners.

Module 10: Self-Monitoring and Self-Regulation

Shows how to teach students to track behaviors, habits, and emotions, and to use mindfulness and meditation to reset focus. The goal is to cultivate calm, self-aware, and self-directed learners who can adjust behaviors to meet goals effectively.

* Bonus* Module 11: IEPs in Practice

Applies executive function principles to Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). Teachers learn to write SMART goals, embed accommodations into daily routines, and collect meaningful data to improve collaboration and ensure measurable student progress.

Course Format

• 11 Self-Paced Modules combining video instruction, reflection activities, and classroom application exercises.

• A Course Guide with fillable templates, planning tools, and assessment prompts.

• An Interactive Community for educators to share insights, challenges, and successes.

• A Bonus Module on IEP integration and data-driven support for executive function skill-building.

The Takeaway

Upon completion, educators emerge with a powerful toolkit of strategies, ready to create classrooms where executive function development is intentional, visible, and sustainable. The course transforms the way teachers view student challenges—shifting the focus from behavior management to skill development—while strengthening the educator’s own executive function and resilience.

Meet Your Instructor

“I’m Dawn, and I've spent over 25 years working directly with students, teachers, and families to understand and support executive function development across the lifespan. My background includes a doctorate in educational leadership, a master’s degree in special education, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology and education.  I've had the privilege of seeing firsthand how targeted executive function support can completely transform a student's academic trajectory. 

What drives my passion for this work is witnessing those breakthrough moments—when a chronically disorganized student suddenly starts to organize, prioritize, initiate, and complete tasks independently—transforming avoidance into confident, self-regulated engagement through metacognition and self-monitoring. These aren't small wins; they're life-changing shifts that impact everything from academic performance to self-esteem. 

I created this course because I believe every educator deserves to have these tools at their disposal, and every student deserves to benefit from this knowledge.”