On February 19 and 20, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Mathematica Policy Research and Abt Associates co-sponsored a convening for state TANF administrators and their employment service partners. The purpose of the meeting was to provide participants with information on Executive Function Skills (or executive skills) principles and concepts and generate practical ideas about how we – as individual programs and as a collective – may work with these insights to craft more effective programs and learn from these experiences.
Pre-meeting Reading Materials
“Executive Functions,” Adele Diamond (2013)
“Using Brain Science to Design New Pathways Out of Poverty,” Elisabeth D. Babcock, MCRP, PhD (2014)
Executive Skills Questionnaire
Executive Skills Profile for Adults
Executive Skills Profile Instructions
Presentations
Goal-Setting and Planning: How Can We Get It Right? Gabriele Oettingen
How Can We Use Executive Skills Concepts and Principles in Practice? Dick Guare
- Resource Center Vision – Your Bridge to Success
- Operational Definition – Employment Services Philosophy 2014-2018
How Can We Build an Evidence Base? The Job Search Assistance (JSA) Evaluation and Other Evaluation and/or Knowledge-Building Opportunities:
“Opportunistic Experiments and Rapid-Cycle Evaluation,” Alexandra Resch
“Applying a Rapid-Cycle Learning Approach: The Family Mobility Project,” Chuck Carter