Executive Function Disorders for Pediatrics with Sucheta Kamath of ExQ

First Bite #165 – September 28, 2021

Executive Function Disorders for Pediatrics with Sucheta Kamath of ExQ

(.1 ASHA and AOTA CEUs) For more info, click here.

Course Description

In this episode, Michelle is joined by Sucheta Kamath, MA CCC-SLP, who is an award-winning speech-language pathologist, a TEDx speaker, and a tech-entrepreneur who has created ExQ®; and is the host of the podcast Full PreFrontal®: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function.

In this incredibly fast-paced hour, Sucheta takes us all on a deep dive as to what an executive function is, how it falls within our scope of practice, the signs and symptoms of how it can present in our school-age children that we serve, and wraps it up with explaining the components that are necessary for a comprehensive assessment. Enjoy the laughs along the way as Michelle shares personal youth experiences from her walk with ADD/ADHD, including overflowing the dishwasher a time or two, and Sucheta explains tips and strategies to stay focused on the task at hand…and how to avoid the extra suds! Enjoy the hour y’all!

Objective

By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:

What an executive function disorder is and how it falls within a speech-language pathologist scope of practice.
Signs and symptoms of an executive function disorder in school age children.
Components of an evidenced based dynamic assessment for a pediatric executive function evaluation.

Co-Presenter

Sucheta Kamath, MA CCC-SLP

Sucheta Kamath, MA CCC-SLP is an award-winning speech-language pathologist, a TEDx speaker, and a tech-entrepreneur who has created ExQ®; a cloud-based digital curriculum for middle and high school students designed to directly personalize and build Executive Function skills through games, error analysis, and metacognitive lessons. She is the host of the podcast Full PreFrontal®: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function; where her invited guests range from neuroscientists, researchers, educators, learning specialists, journalists, and leaders. Finally, Sucheta serves on many boards and is deeply committed to volunteerism. For the past three years, she founded and currently runs (along with her GSHA colleagues) GSHA Gives!, a free communication and Executive Function job-readiness training program for previously homeless, incarcerated, and disenfranchised men in inner-city Atlanta.