The Preschool SLP

223. 5 Powerhouse Strategies to Improve Executive Function in Speech Therapy


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Nearly every child on your caseload is at greater risk for executive function challenges. What do you do about it?

In this episode, I'm sharing the 5 powerhouse strategies I use every single day to build executive function directly into speech and language therapy. No extra sessions, no separate goals — just smarter treatment that changes lives.

You'll learn:

  • The Problem, Plan, Action, Check process that teaches children to identify a problem, make a plan, take action, and finish the job
  • How multi-step, task-oriented movement activities build working memory, sustained attention, and cognitive flexibility.
  • Why first, next, then, lastly, and because are billion-dollar words for verbal working memory and emotional regulation
  • How to move children from scaffolded scripts to spontaneous complex sentences
  • How complex speech targets in paragraph form improve speech, language, and executive function all at once

Ready to put these strategies to work in your very next session?

Join the SIS Membership at www.kellyvess.com/sis and receive powerful speech and language treatment targets aimed at improving executive function — plus ready-to-use activities delivered straight to your inbox every Friday.

👉 Join today at www.kellyvess.com/sis



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The Preschool SLPBy Kelly Vess, MA, CCC-SLP