The School Can't Experience

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Executive Function at School with Emma Brooksby - Listener Favourite

Executive Function at School with Emma Brooksby - Listener Favourite29 Jun40 min

We're taking a short break over the school holidays, so this week we're revisiting one of our favourite episodes from the archive. Emma Brooksby , Managing Director at U&I Educational Partners, ADHDer, and former school principal, joins Leisa to unpack executive function: the set of skills that let us plan, manage time, switch between tasks, and regulate our emotions. Emma explains why these skills aren't directly taught at school (they develop largely "through osmosis"), and why that cre...