Episode 117: Lively Minds with Candace Heiken

Leaning into Leadership

Candace Heiken, M.Ed. combined her background in education and psychology with her passion for empowering students and founded Lively Minds Institute, an organization with a mission to cultivate independent, lifelong learners through the development of executive function skills. Lively Minds developed an executive function solution called Cerebrate that provides educators with a simple way to identify deficiencies based on observable classroom behaviors and then access lessons to teach the strategies needed. Candace leads a team of talented educators who utilize Cerebrate to advance their mission with school administrators, teachers, parents, and students across the country. With over 25 years in education, Candace is driven to affect lasting and impactful change by helping teachers and students see what they can achieve when they have the executive function skills necessary for learning success.

Check out these free resources courtesy of Candace:

1. Executive Functions Defined https://www.cerebrate.education/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-8-Executive-Functions.pdf
2. Ways to Model Executive Functions https://www.cerebrate.education/72-ways-to-model-executive-functions/
3. Executive Function Journal Prompts https://www.cerebrate.education/200-executive-function-writing-prompts/
4. Executive Function Challenges https://www.livelymindsinstitute.com/unraveling-the-mysteries-of-executive-functions/

Connect with Candace: email [e-mail]

Website www.cerebrate.education and www.livelymindsinstitute.com