Unlocking Student Potential: Teaching Executive Function Skills in the K-8 Classroom

By Peg Dawson and Marcy McIver

Packed with ready-to-use tools, this book explains the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of teaching executive function (EF) skills in everyday classroom practice. Eleven specific skills are presented and their role in learning, behavior, and achievement described. The expert authors provide a menu of options for weaving each skill into instruction with students at different grade levels. The large-size book and companion website feature reproducible lessons, teacher checklists, student self-assessments, planning guides, engaging EF stories, and more. Readers also get explicit support for reflecting on and developing their own skills as EF instructors.

This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1462564895
• ISBN13: 9781462564897
• Release Date: January 2027
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 406 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 10.5"