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"One of the most influential modern psychologists, Walter Mischel, addresses misconceptions about his study, and discusses how both adults and kids can master willpower."

resources on executive function including training modules

"The CCRS Center, in partnership with the Center on Great Teachers and LeadersExternal Links icon (GTL Center) and RTI InternationalExternal Links icon, developed Integrating Employability Skills: A Framework for All Educators, a Professional Learning Module (PLM), to support regional comprehensive centers, state educational agency staff, and state regional centers in building their knowledge and capacity to integrate and prioritize employability skills at the state and local levels. This interactive module - a collection PowerPoint slides, handouts, sample agenda, a workbook and tools for individuals or state workgroups, and a facilitator's guide - provides the following activities:"

"ACT developed ACT Engage to measure students' behaviors and psychosocial attributes, which are critical but often overlooked components of their success as they enter college. Backed by our enduring expertise in research, ACT Engage can predict-with a remarkable degree of accuracy-how likely each of your incoming freshmen is to return for a second year, and whether they will earn at least a 2.0 GPA."

Preview the book online "Social and emotional learning is at the heart of good teaching, but as standards and testing requirements consume classroom time and divert teachers' focus, these critical skills often get sidelined. In Sharing the Blue Crayon, Mary Anne Buckley shows teachers how to incorporate social and emotional learning into a busy day and then extend these skills to literacy lessons for young children. Through simple activities such as read-alouds, sing-alongs, murals, and performances, students learn how to get along in a group, empathize with others, develop self-control, and give and receive feedback, all while becoming confident readers and writers."

Webinars on AT, AAC, UDL and more! from the Center on Technology and Disability