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Executive Function and the Art of Diesel-Powered Car Repair (Pt 4)

Welcome back. Thanks for making it to the finish line. At the end of Part 3 we looked at the question Are professors, and teachers, and police, and first responders, and even bus drivers taking on the responsibility of therapeutic scaffolding without knowing or being fully prepared for it? I said that I did not […]

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Executive Function and the Art of Diesel-Powered Car Repair (Pt 3)

Welcome back. We will start Part 3 with an example of how EF works keeping the domains or brain circuits mentioned at the end of Part 2 in mind. This will be a longer post than most so grab a cup of coffee. Dr. Barkley essentially says that at its heart Executive Function is about affect […]

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Executive Function and the Art of Diesel-Powered Car Repair (Pt 2)

Welcome back. In Part 1 we stopped just before taking a look at the four main domains or brain circuits of EF or Executive Function. I’m pulling this information from a great YouTube series that Dr. Barkley has created on the connection between EF and ADHD or attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.[1] Dr. Barkley is […]

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FHL Foundation Makes Its Winter 2020 Grant Awards

At its January 28th, 2020, board meeting the board voted to make the following grants: Imagination Library (books for children) — $5,000 Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (volunteer training program in NM) — $18,000 Bridges for Education (First Gen College Prep) — $15,000 Explora Science Museum (Bringing STEM programs to APS schools) — […]

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FHL Foundation Makes Fall 2019 Grants

At its Fall 2019 board meeting, the board of the FHL Foundation voted to make the following grant awards: gallupARTS (Art Collaborative)—$12,000 Vero Beach Art Museum (International Lecture Series) — $10,000 NM Kids Matter (CASA Program) — $20,000 Cochiti Elementary School (RunFit Program) — $4,000 Breath of My Heart Birthplace (General Operations)—$10,000 NM Natural History […]

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