In the context of the pandemic and following the summer vacation, reading regression is a major concern for educators. To help improve reading, this webinar will present research to date on reading performance expectations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of summer vacation, and will explore the role of cognitive skills in fostering reading resilience. While reading development requires skills including language, decoding, fluency, and comprehension skills, the ability to acquire these skills also draws on the brain's Executive Functions (EFs), which are cognitive skills that allow us to plan, organize, execute, and monitor our thinking and activities. Because of this, you will explore reading skills in the broader context of executive functions. You will learn about the categories of EFs and how to relate EFs to reading performance with a focus on EFs among struggling readers. The workshop puts an emphasis on classroom practices to support EF skills in service of reading. The workshop leaders will also discuss the current research on how to improve EFs for reading through metacognitive skills and training programs.