Executive Function Success Stories .

See how schools are improving learning and behavior through executive function instruction.

Case Studies

At the school and district level, educators are seeing meaningful shifts in culture, consistency, and student outcomes through implementation of the Cerebrate curriculum. With a shared language and research-based framework for executive function, schools are strengthening engagement, improving behavior, and driving measurable academic growth across classrooms and campuses.

Strengthening Tier 2 MTSS at Harwood Unified Union School District (VT)

Mad River Valley, VT | Pre-K–12 | 1800 Students

Strengthening Tier 2 and Tier 3 Support at Traut Knowledge Elementary School (CO)

Fort Collins, Colorado | Pre-K–5 | 450 Students

Transforming Student Behavior into Skill-Building at Mission Valley School District (KS)

Eskridge, Kansas | Pre-K–12 | 420 Students

Student Success Stories

Students are thriving from the development of executive function skills with the Cerebrate curriculum. When students are actively taught strategies for emotional, behavioral, and cognitive skills, they begin to see for themselves what they are capable of achieving. The following case studies highlight the successes and growth of students as they completed Cerebrate lessons.

What Administrators and Educators Are Saying About Cerebrate

Throughout the year, I was able to watch lessons in real time while observing classrooms. Students would de-escalate quickly during that time frame, due to teachers using the lessons, sometimes more than once, depending on the students’ needs.

School Principal

Switching to Cerebrate shifted our staff’s mindset—recognizing these as lacking skills rather than necessarily a choice.

School Principal

The executive function conversations that the skills are bringing up have helped students think a little more about them.

Classroom Teacher

Cerebrate doesn’t just support individual students—it benefits everyone in the room.

School Principal

Using Cerebrate consistently and with fidelity has helped increase emotional regulation and working memory skills, as well as create lifelong habits to create independent learners that are aware of their own strengths and challenges.

Instructional Coach

The real magic is the adult shift—shifting adult thinking, not excusing behavior, but finding a better way than what we’ve always done that isn’t working.

School Principal

What we’re finding is that Cerebrate is being used across tiers—universally, at Tier 2, and at Tier 3 in special education.

MTSS Director

Cerebrate helped us move from reacting to behavior to teaching skills.

School Principal

Cerebrate helped me realize that executive function isn’t something you’re born with or without—it’s something that can be learned and cultivated.

School Principal

We have principals, special educators, interventionists, and counselors all using Cerebrate in different ways based on the students they serve.

MTSS Director

In less than 45 minutes a week using Cerebrate, we saw a profound impact.

School Principal

Cerebrate helped our teachers feel empowered and hopeful—there’s finally something we can do about this.

School Principal