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March 25, 2026 from 10-2pm
Georgia Capitol
206 Washington St SW, Unit 203,
Atlanta, GA 30334
This event is offered at no cost to members and non-members
Presented by: Sucheta Kamath, CEO & Founder, ExQ Specialist
Advocacy is not optional for SLPs and audiologists — it is a professional responsibility. Executive Function (EF) skills — working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and goal-directed persistence — drive communication, learning, emotional regulation, treatment follow-through, and long-term independence. Because SLPs and audiologists work at the intersection of communication science, cognitive development, and functional outcomes, they are uniquely positioned to understand and teach these brain-based skills.
Across schools and workplaces, EF demands are rising while skill development lags. Students are graduating without the self-management skills needed for postsecondary success, and educators and professionals face growing stress and burnout. These are not intelligence gaps — they are skill gaps. While lawmakers see outcomes like test scores, budgets, and graduation rates, they often miss the neurocognitive capacities that determine them. Advocating for EF is not promoting another initiative; it is promoting preventive infrastructure. EF instruction reduces behavioral escalation, strengthens literacy and learning access, supports mental health, and enhances workforce readiness.
Join Sucheta Kamath, CEO and Founder of ExQ, for Advocacy Day at the Georgia Capitol to engage directly with policymakers to elevate awareness of science of Executive Function, support Executive Function Day, and shift policy from crisis response to prevention through brain-based, skill-specific instruction for all learners.
Learning Objectives
As a result of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the core neurocognitive components of Executive Function (working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and goal-directed persistence) and explain their impact on communication, learning, emotional regulation, and functional independence.
2. Analyze the connection between Executive Function skill development and policy-relevant outcomes, including student wellness, academic achievement, behavioral regulation, workforce readiness, and long-term economic mobility.
3. Develop and articulate an evidence-informed advocacy message that communicates the role of SLPs and Audiologists in teaching Executive Function as a preventive, brain-based strategy to policymakers and community stakeholders.
Time Ordered Agenda
• 10:00 Meet at the Georgia State Capitol
• 10:30 – 11:00 Attend House of Representatives Session in the Gallery for Morning Order
• 11:00 – 11:30 Attend Senate Session in the Gallery for Morning Order
• 11:30 – 11:45 Group Photos
• 12:00 – 12-05 Meet & Greet with Legislators (CAP Room 125)
• 12:00 – 01:30 Advocacy Training Session + Reception (CAP Room 125)
• 01:30 – 02:00 Q & A (CAP Room 125)
Sucheta Kamath, CEO & Founder, ExQ Specialist
Sucheta Kamath, an ed-tech entrepreneur, is an internationally known Executive Function Specialist, the Founder and CEO of ExQ®, a two-time TEDx speaker, an award-winning speech-language pathologist, a Podcast Host of Full PreFrontal: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function, and a Professor of Practice at the Amrita University in India where she teaches a graduate level course on “Impact of Executive Function Over the Lifespan."
Sucheta Kamath is the founder of ExQ®, a patented research-informed system designed to enhance Executive Function through game-based personalized training. The exclusive ExQ® curriculum trains students to develop self-agency, resiliency and independent thinking skills essential for academic, emotional, and social well-being.
Cerebral Matters® is Sucheta Kamath’s private practice in Atlanta where she evaluates and treats Executive Function skills in individuals with various developmental and acquired neurological disorders.
Sucheta is also host of the podcast Full PreFrontal®: Exposing the Mysteries of Executive Function, where invited guests range from neuroscientists, researchers, educators, learning specialists, and practitioners.
Sucheta is the President and Founding Member of the Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, Past-President of the Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association, member of the medical advisory board of the Brain Aneurysm Foundation and a member of the International Issues Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Financial and Non-Financial Disclosures:
Financial:
• Sucheta is the Founder/Owner of the private practice Cerebral Matters where she sees clients.
• As the CEO of ExQ patented software curriculum, Sucheta benefits from its sales.
Nonfinancial:
• Sucheta is a member of GSHA. She does not receive compensation for her role in the organization.
• Sucheta is the President of GSHFoundation. She does not receive compensation for her role in the non-profit organization.
This course is offered for .3 ASHA CEUs. To earn ASHA CEUs for this course, attendees must complete a self-assessment of learning at the end of the event. The self-assessment is due 7 days after the event (4/3/26). After review by the Georgia Speech Language Hearing Association, learner records are transmitted to ASHA for processing. ASHA posts ASHA CEUs to an individual’s ASHA CE Transcript. Please allow 6-8 weeks for the processing of ASHA CEUs.
Parking Information:
Public parking is available in several locations surrounding the Capitol. Parking fees vary by lot. Certain lots may be closed due to the legislative session. The following lots are always open to the public if spaces are available:
Steve Polk Plaza Parking is located on M.L. King, Jr., Drive, one block from the Capitol
A surface lot is located on Memorial Drive, one block from the Capitol
Underground Parking: A parking garage is located on the north side of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, two blocks from the Capitol
Celebrate Executive Function Day at the Georgia Capitol and recognize:
House Resolution 424:
State of Georgia wants all students to reach their individual potential; and
Existing research and cognitive science are the backbone for personalized learning; and
Literacy and numeracy are vital skills for academic success, as research shows Executive Function is likely associated with reading comprehension through its relation with decoding and oral language and provides additional support for the role of Executive Function in reading comprehension as a potentially crucial precursor to skilled reading; and
In personalized learning, educators must explicitly teach students the skills of Executive Function as the foundation before any other conditions for personalized learning can be effectively pursued; and Executive Function is an umbrella term for the complex cognitive processes that serve ongoing, goal-directed behaviors; and
Executive Function skills, well established in cognitive science, are also the foundational cognitive processes needed for the “soft skills,” “essential skills,” and “social emotional skills,” students need for 21st century college, career and community success; and
The skills of Executive Function (self-regulation, emotional responsibility, task completion, working memory, cognitive flexibility, time management, and reflection) are crucial to personalized learning and life-long learning; and
Explicit teaching of Executive Function leads to self-awareness, self-empowerment, self-esteem, and necessary learning skills to ensure student, school, and life success; and
It is abundantly fitting and proper to draw attention to the profound educational impact of Executive Function on the education and lives of children, adults, and students in the State of Georgia.
Presented by: Sucheta Kamath, CEO & Founder of ExQ, Executive Function Specialist
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