Jason Kantor is the Director of Executive Functions at InPractice Psychology in New York, a state-certified high school teacher, and a reading specialist with nearly a decade of experience supporting students with learning differences.

In this episode, Jason shares his personal journey from struggling student to executive function expert, and explains why many students labeled as underperforming are not lacking intelligence but foundational skills.

We discuss:

• What executive function skills are and why they matter
• The connection between procrastination and emotional dysregulation
• How perfectionism can derail academic performance
• Practical organization systems that actually work
• The role of routine in building time management and task completion
• The boundaries between executive functio ...