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## 6 Benefits of Unstuck and On Target!

The evidence-based curriculum Unstuck and On Target! provides 21 ready-to-use lessons for students ages 8-11 that help boost cognitive flexibility in everyday situations. Check out this free download to see six benefits of the Unstuck curriculum, and then visit the website to watch a free webinar, explore a sample lesson, and more. [Read More](/content/resource-library/6-benefits-of-unstuck-and-on-target/index.html)

## Executive Skills and ADHD Webinar

This seminar is useful for any teacher who works with children who have ADHD. Erik von Hahn, M.D., will discuss the key executive skills of impulse control, working memory, and planning. He will also share strategies for what teachers and school teams can do to support children with ADHD in these critical skills. [Read More](/content/resource-library/executive-skills-adhd-webinar/index.html)

## 8 Ways to Help Young Children Develop Executive Function Skills

Supporting executive function skills in early childhood is an important part of a child's overall development. These tips and ideas, adapted from Building Blocks for Teaching Preschoolers with Special Needs, Third Edition, can help you to support the executive function skills of all young children. [Read More](/content/resource-library/8-ways-help-young-children-develop-executive-function-skills/index.html)

## Children with Disabilities, 8th Edition Excerpt

Read this excerpt from Children with Disabilities, 8th Edition for the preface and Chapter 1: The Genetics Underlying Developmental Disabilities. [Read More](/content/resource-library/children-disabilities-8th-edition-excerpt/index.html)

## Connecting Through Talk: Nurturing Children’s Development With Language Excerpt

Read this excerpt from Connecting Through Talk: Nurturing Children's Development With Language for Chapter 1: Laying the Foundations - Attachment and Executive Function. [Read More](/content/resource-library/connecting-talk-nurturing-childrens-development-language-excerpt/index.html)

## Teaching Mathematics Meaningfully: Solutions for Reaching Struggling Learners, Second Edition Appendix E Excerpt

Read the excerpt of Appendix E: Case Study of Teaching Mathematics Meaningfully: Solutions for Reaching Struggling Learners, Second Edition. [Read More](/content/resource-library/teaching-mathematics-meaningfully-solutions-reaching-struggling-learners-second-edition-appendix-e-excerpt/index.html)

## Pivotal Response Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Second Edition excerpt

Read the excerpt of Chapter 1: The History and Basic Components of Pivotal Response Treatment in Pivotal Response Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Second Edition. [Read More](/content/resource-library/pivotal-response-treatment-autism-spectrum-disorders-second-edition-excerpt/index.html)

## Unstuck Fast Facts

Take a closer look at Unstuck and On Target! An Executive Function Curriculum to Improve Flexibility, Planning, and Organization, Second Edition. [Read More](/content/resource-library/unstuck-fast-facts/index.html)

## Unstuck & On Target!, Second Edition Excerpt

Read the Unstuck & On Target!, Second Edition foreword by John Elder Robison. [Read More](/content/resource-library/unstuck-target-second-edition-foreword-excerpt/index.html)

## 11 Tips on Breaking Tasks Down for Students: An Executive Function Post

This blog post gives you 11 helpful tips on breaking tasks down for your students who experience overload or have executive function challenges. [Read More](/content/resource-library/11-tips-breaking-tasks-students-executive-function-post/index.html)