You will learn a comprehensive model of executive function that includes both behavior and neurocognitive abilities. Because the brain-based concept of executive function has considerable impact on learning and life success for all students, this concept should be well understood by all educational and psychological professionals. Dr. Naglieri will help you better understand how the various views of executive function(s) can be united into a research-based definition that has considerable implications for learning across the entire life span. He will review methods for evaluating executive function so that teachers can be good consumers of information obtained from ability tests and rating scales of executive function. Dr. Naglieri will provide brain-based strategies that are practical, easy to implement and will improve academic performance by better utilizing executive function for math and reading for all students including those with learning disabilities