Teaching Executive Skills

The Teaching Executive Skills conference aims to explore the science of executive function and its application in educational settings. Attendees will learn about the interconnectedness of executive skills, working memory, attention, ADHD, cognitive flexibility, and emotional regulation. The conference will provide evidence-based strategies to enhance these skills in classrooms, empowering students to improve their memory, attention, and emotional regulation. The event will feature workshops, keynote sessions, and networking opportunities, focusing on integrating executive skills into educational practices and utilizing innovative tools like AI and VR.

Learning & the Brain

This is the group that put together this event.

David B. Daniel, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Psychology, James Madison University; Former Executive Director and Founding Board Member, International Mind, Brain, and Education Society.

David T. Badre, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University; Affiliate, Carney Institute for Brain Science.

Sabine Doebel, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, George Mason University.

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD

Fahmy and Donna Attallah Professor of Humanistic Psychology; Professor of Education, Psychology, and Neuroscience, University of Southern California.

Ethan F. Kross, PhD

Neuroscientist; Director, Emotion and Self-Control Laboratory; Professor, Department of Psychology and Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.

Natalie L. Wexler, JD

Education Writer; Senior Contributor, Forbes.com; Author of 'Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning'.

Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD

Cognitive and Humanistic Psychologist; Founder and Director, Center for Human Potential; Professor, Columbia University.

Tracey I. Marks, MD

Owner, Marks Psychiatry And Forensic Services; Member, American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law, American Psychiatric Association.

Wendy A. Suzuki, PhD

Dean, College of Arts and Science; Award-Winning Professor of Neural Science and Psychology, Center for Neuroscience, New York University.

Deborah Gilboa, MD

Family Medicine Attending Physician, Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill Health Center; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.