EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IN THE CLASSROOM
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    • EF and Resilience
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      • Anticipating Consequences
      • Responsible Decision Making
      • Reflecting on How Our Decisions Impact Others
    • Self Awareness >
      • Examining Bias
      • Identifying Emotions
      • Identifying Interests
    • Self Management >
      • Setting Goals
      • Managing Emotions
      • Stress Management
    • SEL and Resilience
  • Thinking Errors
    • Overview
    • Blaming
    • Assuming
    • Drama
    • Entitlement
    • Lying
    • Victim Stance
    • Anger
    • Minimizing
    • Shutting Down
    • Excuse-Making
    • Thinking Errors and Resilience
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Practical Classroom Lessons for
​Building Resilient Minds

​WELCOME!

This site and the lessons contained within were developed by a team classroom teachers at Mountain View High School in Centreville, VA. Over ten years ago we identified a specific need in our student population for developing their executive functioning skills. We started small and gradually built a school community that understands, values and teaches executive functioning skills in each classroom. Along the way we have been graciously supported and assisted by many experts in the field including Dr. Jack Naglieri, PhD, Senior Research Scientist at the Devereux Center for Resilient Children and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at George Mason University, Kathleen Kryza, MA, Educational Presenter and Consultant, Dr. Peg Dawson, EdD, NCSP, Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, NH and author of multiple books including Smart But Scattered, and Ellen Galinsky, chief science officer at the Bezos Family Foundation and executive director/author of Mind in the Making. To learn more about us, please read our story.

Please feel free to contact us ​with questions and comments. We would be happy to help support anyone interested in using these lessons at their school.
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  • Home
  • Our Story
  • Executive Function Skills
    • Mindset
    • Sustained Attention
    • Task Initiation
    • Planning
    • Organization
    • Time Management
    • Cognitive Flexibility
    • Emotional Control
    • Response Inhibition
    • Working Memory
    • Metacognition
    • Goal Directed Persistence
    • EF and Resilience
  • Social Emotional Learning
    • Introduction to SEL
    • Relationship Skills >
      • Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships
      • Establishing Relationships
      • Relationships Take Work
    • Social Awareness >
      • Appreciating Diversity
      • Perspective Taking
      • Empathy
    • Decision Making >
      • Anticipating Consequences
      • Responsible Decision Making
      • Reflecting on How Our Decisions Impact Others
    • Self Awareness >
      • Examining Bias
      • Identifying Emotions
      • Identifying Interests
    • Self Management >
      • Setting Goals
      • Managing Emotions
      • Stress Management
    • SEL and Resilience
  • Thinking Errors
    • Overview
    • Blaming
    • Assuming
    • Drama
    • Entitlement
    • Lying
    • Victim Stance
    • Anger
    • Minimizing
    • Shutting Down
    • Excuse-Making
    • Thinking Errors and Resilience
  • Contact Us