Executive Functioning

Elijah came barreling toward me, his excitement barely contained as he nearly collided with me. With a huge grin plastered across his face, he shouted, “Are you going to take me?” Elijah, a five-year-old kindergartener, is like a lively ping pong ball, bouncing from one…

In my role as a speech and language pathologist in the middle school, I often see the difficulties my students have in the classroom. I may have taught a skill or concept in my treatment with them, I may witness their hard effort to complete…