GSHA is proud to present:
Executive Function Advocacy Training: Launch of National Advocacy Toolkit
Live on Zoom

Join us Tuesday March 17th 7-8pm or Tuesday May 5th 7-8pm
Complimentary for GSHA Members, $25 for Non-Members

Presented by: Sucheta Kamath, CEO & Founder of ExQ, Executive Function Specialist

Abstract
Personal independence, effective goal management, and strong communication skills are essential for individuals to advocate for themselves and achieve meaningful life outcomes. These abilities are supported by Executive Function (EF)—a set of neurocognitive processes including working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and goal-directed persistence. EF skills drive planning, prioritization, emotional regulation, communication, and follow-through, yet the science and teachability of these skills remain poorly understood in many professional and policy contexts.
Speech-language pathologists and audiologists work at the intersection of communication, cognition, and functional independence, positioning them uniquely to recognize and advocate for the development of EF skills across educational and community settings. As EF demands in schools and workplaces increase while skill development lags, many students graduate without the self-management and learning strategies necessary for postsecondary success. These challenges reflect skill gaps, not intelligence gaps.
This session will highlight the role of EF as preventive infrastructure supporting literacy, behavior regulation, mental health, and workforce readiness. Participants will learn how EF instruction improves access to learning and reduces downstream challenges for students and educators. Attendees will also be introduced to an Executive Function Advocacy Toolkit and practical strategies for communicating EF science to policymakers, building relationships with legislators, and mobilizing professional advocacy through calls, letters, and social media to promote sustainable change in education and community systems.

Learning Objectives
As a result of this course, participants will:
1. Describe the core neurocognitive components of Executive Function—working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and goal-directed persistence—and explain how these processes influence communication, emotional regulation, learning, and functional independence across academic and everyday contexts.
2. Analyze how Executive Function skill development relates to policy-relevant outcomes, including student wellness, academic achievement, behavioral regulation, workforce readiness, and long-term economic mobility.
3. Develop an evidence-informed advocacy message that communicates the importance of Executive Function skill development and articulates the role of speech-language pathologists and audiologists in promoting EF as a preventive, brain-based strategy for improving educational and community outcomes.

Time Ordered Agenda
15 min: Intro to Executive Function and the evidence-based science that supports long-term impact of strong Executive Function
15 min: Review of past three-years of State-Level Advocacy effort and ways to translate that into actionable steps for self as an agent of change
15 min: Introduction to EF Advocacy Toolkit and ways to utilize evidence-informed advocacy message that communicates the value proposition
15 min: Brainstorm community engagement and effective launch of EF Advocacy Toolkit over next 6 months

Sucheta Kamath, CEO & Founder of ExQ, Executive Function 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.

This course is offered for .1 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 (3/24/26 for offering 1, 5/12/26 for offering 2). 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.