Understanding and Supporting Executive Functions in the Classroom
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Webinar Date: Dec 01, 2026
Presenter: Monica Adler Werner
This webinar will demystify executive functions and provide concrete strategies to make your teaching more effective and your classroom more peaceful. Teachers will explore the key domains of executive functions and their impact on performance, and come away with strategies that can be implemented across the classroom to support all students’ learning.
Monica Adler Werner
Monica Adler Werner, LCPC is a counselor and educator, specializing in program development,
executive function interventions, and supporting neurodivergent people. She is a coauthor of the
Unstuck and On Target interventions (Brookes, 2011, 2014, 2023, 2025) and collaborates with a
multidisciplinary team to develop and establish the evidence basis for the spiraling curricula. She
consults extensively with schools and provides trainings to professionals on executive functions,
neurodivergence, and developing collaborative problem solving systems. Formerly she was in
the leadership at the Ivymount School where she served as Director of Training, Consulting and
Program Development (2017-18) and the Director of the Model Asperger Program (MAP, 2008-
2017). In that capacity, she developed a school that integrates social learning curriculum and
emphasizes problem solving, self advocacy and self regulation--while keeping students on track
academically. She has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA from Johns Hopkins,
and a MAC from Palo Alto University.
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