“Prepare the child for the path instead of the path for the child.” - T. Elmore As a teacher and as a parent, I can think of nothing more valuable than having children feel comfortable in their own skin, confident about themselves, and able to communicate their needs with others. Here at Horizon Academy, we began incorporating explicit instruction of Executive Functioning skills because we thought this would be beneficial for our students’ academics (especially for students with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities). However, it is becoming so much more than that. Executive Functioning (EF) skills are the ten…