In this episode, I’m breaking down one of the most useful lenses we can bring to student evaluation, executive functioning.
I talk through when I start looking more closely at these skills, especially when the data is not lining up and a student’s classroom performance tells a very different story from their test results.
I also walk through how I assess executive functioning, both with formal tools and without them, because sometimes the most important clues are sitting right there in the classroom, the backpack, or the work samples.
This one is practical, honest, and a reminder that the gap between knowing and doing can tell us a whole lot.
Highlights:
(01:32) - When the data and classroom picture do not match
(02:18) - The red flags that point to executive functioning
(03:04) - When formal testing can give useful insight
(04:03) - The tools I use to look more closely
(05:02) - Why observation often tells the bigger story
(06:20) - The gap between knowing what to do and doing it
Here are some of the tools I mentioned:
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