Tier 2:
Executive Function applied practice

You understand executive function.
Now learn how to apply it.

Tier 2: Executive Function Applied Practice is a 30-hour, 10-week advanced training experience for professionals ready to interpret executive function patterns, prioritize intervention targets, and build individualized support plans grounded in the SEFF framework.

Developed as part of the Seeds of Learning® Executive Function Specialization Pathway in partnership with Ashland University, Tier 2 helps SLPs, educators, intervention specialists, and learning professionals move beyond executive function awareness and into applied clinical and educational reasoning.

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Knowing the EF terms is not the same as knowing what to do next.

Tier 2 helps you move from “I see the EF breakdown” to “I know how to support it.”

Many professionals can recognize when a student struggles with initiation, planning, working memory, inhibition, self-monitoring, cognitive flexibility, or time sense.

But recognizing the executive function skill is only the beginning.

The harder questions usually come next.

Why is this student struggling here?
What pattern is showing up across settings, tasks, or demands?
Is this a skill deficit, an executive function need, or both?
What is the root executive function breakdown beneath the surface-level behavior?
What should I prioritize first?
How do I choose the right intervention approach?
How do I collect meaningful data?
How do I adjust when the plan is not working?

That is where Tier 2 lives.

Tier 2 helps you build the applied reasoning needed to move from naming executive function challenges to designing meaningful, individualized support.

Build the reasoning behind effective executive function intervention.

  • Strengthen EF Assessment Foundations

    Build a clearer foundation for understanding executive function assessment through the SEFF framework, functional performance, student/client work, observations, and patterns across demands.

  • Identify Executive Function Skill Breakdowns

    Learn to recognize where executive function breakdowns are showing up across tasks, behaviors, academic work, communication, independence, and daily performance.

  • Differentiate Skill Deficits from EF Needs

    Move beyond surface-level labels by learning to determine whether the student or client needs direct skill instruction, executive function support, or a combination of both.

  • Prioritize Complex Needs

    Practice determining where support should begin when a case includes overlapping academic, language, behavioral, cognitive, and executive function needs.

  • Design and Adapt Intervention Sessions

    Learn how to structure intervention sessions, select strategies, and adapt support based on the individual’s profile, context, developmental level, and response.

  • Use Data to Adjust Support

    Develop a clearer understanding of how to collect meaningful intervention data and use it to refine support over time.

Tier 2: a 30-hour applied training experience
with mentorship built in

Tier 2 is designed to move participants from passive learning into guided application. Across 10 weeks and 30 total hours, you will study executive function assessment, practice identifying EF skill breakdowns, differentiate skill deficits from EF needs, prioritize complex cases, develop intervention session frameworks, select and adapt strategies, collect meaningful intervention data, and prepare for final competency demonstration.

This is not a generic coaching certification or a collection of EF strategies. Tier 2 is a structured professional learning experience focused on assessment interpretation, treatment planning, clinical and educational decision-making, and applied use of the SEFF framework.

Tier 2 gives participants repeated practice thinking through executive function cases with support.

mentorship and application

Mentorship is part of the learning process.

Participants receive five 1:1 clinical consultation meetings with a Seeds of Learning therapist to help refine applied reasoning, ask questions, and strengthen confidence using the SEFF framework in real-world contexts.

Completion reflects application, not JUST attendance.

Tier 2 concludes with a final competency assessment that includes written case analysis, treatment planning, live presentation, and mentor Q&A. Participants demonstrate their ability to interpret executive function needs, prioritize support, develop an intervention plan, and explain their reasoning in an applied case format.

How to know if tier 2 is right for you!

Tier 2 is for professionals who already have foundational knowledge of the Seeds of Learning Executive Function Framework and are ready to deepen their ability to assess, identify, prioritize, plan, adapt, collect data, and adjust executive function support.

This application-based experience is designed for professionals who want more than EF language. It is for those who want to build the reasoning, confidence, and professional judgment needed to support real students and clients with greater clarity.

Tier 2 also serves as the applied practice bridge toward Tier 3: Executive Function Specialist Practicum & Mastery, where participants move into advanced practicum work, case defense, and specialist-level competency development.

Tier 2 may be a strong fit if you want to:

  • Build applied executive function reasoning

  • Interpret student and client profiles more clearly

  • Differentiate skill deficits from executive function needs

  • Prioritize support in complex cases

  • Create individualized intervention plans

  • Select and adapt strategies with more intention

  • Use data to adjust intervention over time

  • Receive mentorship as you apply the SEFF framework

  • Prepare for advanced practicum work in Tier 3

Tier 2 may not be the best fit yet if you are looking for:

  • A beginner overview of executive function
    Quick tips only

  • A self-paced resource library

  • A list of strategies without deeper reasoning

  • An introductory experience with the SEFF framework

  • Advanced practicum or specialist directory eligibility

  • If you are newer to the framework, Tier 1 or the Executive Function Cohort may be the best starting place.

If you are ready for practicum-based mastery and directory eligibility,
Tier 3 may be the next step after Tier 2.

TIER 2 PROGRAM COST

  • Includes:

    • 10-week applied training experience
      30 total hours
      Five 1:1 mentorship meetings
      EF assessment and intervention planning instruction
      Case-based treatment planning
      Intervention strategy selection and adaptation
      Intervention data collection and adjustment
      Final competency assessment
      Documentation of completion
      Ashland University graduate credit/certificate pathway, when selected and available

How to Apply

Step 1: Submit your application
Tell us about your professional background, experience with executive function, prior Seeds of Learning training, and goals for Tier 2.

Step 2: Application review
The Seeds of Learning team will review your application to determine whether Tier 2 is the right next step.

Step 3: Enrollment invitation
Accepted applicants will receive enrollment details, payment information, graduate credit/certificate pathway information when applicable, and next steps.

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Step 4: Begin Tier 2
Once enrolled, you will receive access to program materials, mentorship scheduling information, orientation details, and course expectations.

This is where executive function knowledge becomes professional practice.— Former Customer