by Sucheta Kamath
<p>Welcome to the podcast, <br><b>Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function</b> hosted by Sucheta Kamath.</p><p> Executive Function is a core set of cognitive skills that allow humans to focus attention, block out distractions, plan ahead, stay engaged, temper emotions, and think flexibly while creatively solving problems to fulfill personal and social goals. The prefrontal cortex region of the brain, which governs Executive Function, is often compared to an air traffic control system at a busy airport. Much like an air traffic controller guides planes on different flight paths in the direction that each needs to go, the prefrontal cortex intercepts thoughts and impulses in order to direct them towards situationally appropriate and productive outcomes that serve the need of the future self.</p><p> Significant research in the field suggests that developing strong Executive Function is critical for school-aged children and remains one of the most reliable predictors of overall success, shown to have profound life-long implications beyond the formal years of learning. On this podcast, host Sucheta Kamath will converse with neuroscientists, social psychologists, learning experts, and thought leaders who will illustrate how Executive Function is inextricably linked with mental health, physical health, school readiness, job success, marital relationships, and much more.</p><p> On the path of self-development, we all experience a constant struggle between trying to optimize our talent and effort while still facing difficulty in mobilizing the inner tools and strategies that can lead us in the right direction. Tune in to <br><b>Full PreFrontal </b><br>to figure out how best to manage your thoughts, habits, and attitudes to enhance your self-awareness and future thinking and to achieve your best self.</p><p><b>Sucheta Kamath</b> is an award-winning speech-language pathologist, a TEDx speaker, a celebrated community leader, and the founder and CEO of ExQ®. As an EdTech entrepreneur, Sucheta has designed a personalized digital learning curriculum/tool (ExQ®) that empowers middle and high school students to develop self-awareness and strategic thinking skills through the mastery of Executive Function and social-emotional competence. Outside of her business, Sucheta previously served as President of the Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association, where she started a free Social-Communication and Executive Function Training program for inner-city men afflicted with addiction and homelessness—a program she continues to oversee as a coach and a trainer today. She is also a long-time meditator and is currently working on her Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification. A firm believer in the “Pause, Reflect, and then Respond” philosophy, Sucheta hopes to spread the word on how every person can reach higher levels of self-awareness and achieve lasting growth of their Executive Function.</p>
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June 25, 2024
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1080614/open_sms">Send us a Text Message.</a></p><p>If an American 10th grader is assigned to read the autobiography "Virat Kohli: Legend of a Great Player," about the world-famous Indian cricketer known as the best limited-overs batsman in history, they might read the pages, but would they truly grasp the meaning of Kohli’s remarkable accomplishments on the global sports platform? Americans who don’t play cricket, let alone know much about its rules, may struggle to comprehend due more to unfamiliarity with the context and meanings of terms such as "wicket," "innings," and "century" than an inability to read the words, sentences, paragraphs, or chapters. In short, knowledge matters when it comes to learning and deriving meaning through reading.</p><p>In this episode, Dr. Gene Kerns, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of Renaissance Learning and co-author of the 2021 book "Literacy Reframed: How a Focus on Decoding, Vocabulary, and Background Knowledge Improves Reading Comprehension," returns to discuss the role of knowledge in building literacy competence and the urgency of making knowledge the cornerstone of learning. Once students have mastered the mechanics of reading, their literacy development depends on educators’ ability to enhance their background knowledge and expand their vocabulary. Executive function plays a crucial role in students’ ability to monitor comprehension and bridge knowledge gaps. Together, these skills enable students to become competent learners who understand how to persist and achieve their goals.</p><p><b>About Dr. Gene Kerns</b><br/>Gene is a third-generation educator with teaching experience from elementary through the university level and K-12 administrative experience. He currently serves as Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of Renaissance Learning. <br/><br/>With more than 20 years of experience in leading staff development and speaking at national and international conferences including South by Southwest (SxSW) EDU, London’s Westminster Education Forum, the ASU/Global Silicon Valley (SGV) Summit, the 42nd Annual Mexico TESOL Conference, and the Global Education Technology Forum of China. His former clients include administrators’ associations across the country and the Ministry of Education of Singapore.<br/><br/>Gene received his Bachelor's degree and Master's degree from Longwood College in Virginia, and also holds a Doctor of Education (Ed .D.) from the University of Delaware with an emphasis in Education Leadership. <br/><br/>His most recent work has been focused on assessment and literacy. His first book, inFormative Assessment: When It’s Not About a Grade is published by Corwin Press in both English and Arabic. His second book, Unlocking Student Talent, was released by Teachers College Press in December of 2017. This newest book, Literacy Reframed, was released in 2021 through Solution Tree.<br/><br/><b>Books:</b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.tcpress.com/unlocking-student-talent-9780807758724'>Unlocking Student Talent: The New Science of Developing Expertise</a></li></ul><p><b>About Host, Sucheta Kamath</b><br/>Sucheta Kamath, is an award-winning speech-language pathologist, a <a href='https://youtu.be/9ukPkD8tfx0'>TEDx</a> speaker, a celebrated community leader, and the founder and CEO of <a href='http://www.exqinfiniteknowhow.com/'>ExQ®</a>. As an EdTech entrepreneur, Sucheta has designed ExQ's personalized digital learning curriculum/tool that empowers middle and high school students to develop self-awareness and strategic thinking skills through the mastery of Executive Function and social-emotional competence.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://mailchi.mp/7c848462e96f/full-prefrontal-sign-up">Support the Show.</a></p>
May 20, 2024
<p>Indian-American author and wellness expert, Deepak Chopra, says, “Find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.” The big challenge for educators and parents alike is how do developing brains become all that they have the possibility of becoming? Is this simply a mindset or is reaching one’s own full potential a story of building skills with practice? What are sure-fire ways for each and every child to tap into their own human potential and stretch themself to the limit to reach the pinnacle of their performance?</p><p>In this episode, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of Renaissance Learning and co-author of the 2017 book, “Unlocking Student Talent: The New Science of Developing Expertise”, Dr. Gene Kerns, discusses guidelines to help teachers spot and encourage "all" students to attain their personal best despite all the odds and how best to promote greater motivation for learning and success in our young scholars. Since Executive Function skills are essential in enabling children to persist to achieve goals; students need skill building to learn to persist and these same set of skills go into unlocking their true potential. </p><p><b>About Dr. Gene Kerns</b><br/>Gene is a third-generation educator with teaching experience from elementary through the university level and K-12 administrative experience. He currently serves as Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of Renaissance Learning. <br/><br/>With more than 20 years of experience in leading staff development and speaking at national and international conferences including South by Southwest (SxSW) EDU, London’s Westminster Education Forum, the ASU/Global Silicon Valley (SGV) Summit, the 42nd Annual Mexico TESOL Conference, and the Global Education Technology Forum of China. His former clients include administrators’ associations across the country and the Ministry of Education of Singapore.<br/><br/>Gene received his Bachelor's degree and Master's degree from Longwood College in Virginia, and also holds a Doctor of Education (Ed .D.) from the University of Delaware with an emphasis in Education Leadership. <br/><br/>His most recent work has been focused on assessment and literacy. His first book, inFormative Assessment: When It’s Not About a Grade is published by Corwin Press in both English and Arabic. His second book, Unlocking Student Talent, was released by Teachers College Press in December of 2017. This newest book, Literacy Reframed, was released in 2021 through Solution Tree. <br/><br/><b>Books:</b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.tcpress.com/unlocking-student-talent-9780807758724'>Unlocking Student Talent: The New Science of Developing Expertise</a></li></ul><p><b>About Host, Sucheta Kamath</b><br/>Sucheta Kamath, is an award-winning speech-language pathologist, a <a href='https://youtu.be/9ukPkD8tfx0'>TEDx</a> speaker, a celebrated community leader, and the founder and CEO of <a href='http://www.exqinfiniteknowhow.com/'>ExQ®</a>. As an EdTech entrepreneur, Sucheta has designed ExQ's personalized digital learning curriculum/tool that empowers middle and high school students to develop self-awareness and strategic thinking skills through the mastery of Executive Function and social-emotional competence.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://mailchi.mp/7c848462e96f/full-prefrontal-sign-up">Support the Show.</a></p>
February 13, 2024
<p>It’s human to crave connections. If there’s a silver bullet that comes closest to protecting kids, it’s the art of making meaningful connections with adults in their lives. This provides children with a sense of closeness and belonging ,which in return, contributes positively to their physical, social, psychological, and emotional health. Effective communication is the key ingredient to forming deep connections and parents, teachers and mentors need insights and tools to know ways to communicate that helps create a safe space for children to express themselves.</p><p>On this episode, neuropsychologist and coauthor of the books “What Do You Say? Talking with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home” and “the Self-Driven Child”, William Stixrud, Ph.D. returns to discuss the parenting language of a consultant and ways in which kids benefit when their parents serve as a non-anxious presence in their lives. Family dynamics and effective modeling by parents can lead to cultivating strong Executive Function enabling questioning the validity of one’s decisions, rethinking positions or points of view, and changing one’s own mind with ease, persistence, and courage.<br/><br/><b>About William R. Stixrud, Ph.D.</b><br/>William R. Stixrud, Ph.D., is a clinical neuropsychologist and founder of The Stixrud Group, as well as a faculty member at Children’s National Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He is also the co-author, with Ned Johnson, of the national best-selling book, <em>The Self-Driven Child</em>, which is published in 18 countries and 17 languages and has sold more than a half-million copies in China alone. He and Mr. Johnson have also co-authored a critically-acclaimed second book, <em>What Do You Say? Talking with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home</em>.<br/><br/>Dr. Stixrud’s work has been featured in media outlets such as <em>NPR</em>, <em>CNN, MSNBC,</em> <em>The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times of London, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report, Time Magazine, Scientific American, Business Week, Barron's, New York Magazine, and Vogue. </em>He is a long-time practitioner of Transcendental Meditation, and he plays in the rock band Close Enough. <br/><br/><b>Books:</b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Self-Driven-Child-Science-Giving-Control/dp/0735222517'>The Self-Driven Child </a></li><li><a href='https://www.amazon.com/What-You-Say-Motivation-Tolerance/dp/1984880365'>What Do You Say? Talking with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home </a></li></ul><p><b>About Host, Sucheta Kamath</b><br/>Sucheta Kamath, is an award-winning speech-language pathologist, a <a href='https://youtu.be/9ukPkD8tfx0'>TEDx</a> speaker, a celebrated community leader, and the founder and CEO of <a href='http://www.exqinfiniteknowhow.com/'>ExQ®</a>. As an EdTech entrepreneur, Sucheta has designed ExQ's personalized digital learning curriculum/tool that empowers middle and high school students to develop self-awareness and strategic thinking skills through the mastery of Executive Function and social-emotional competence.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://mailchi.mp/7c848462e96f/full-prefrontal-sign-up">Support the Show.</a></p>
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