ABSTRACT
The educational therapist (ET) who is best equipped to treat adult clients possesses analytical and interpersonal skills different from those required in the remediation of problems of academic learning in the school-age child. A fundamental grounding in scientific knowledge helps the ET interpret the dynamic interplay of cognitive deficits in the many roles that are assumed by adults in a multi-contextual society. Executive function (EF) deficits are often primary problems in the lives of adults with learning and attentional difficulties, impact their lives globally, and are expressed in the myriad routines of daily life that run the gamut across the lifespan. The popular concept of 'lifelong learning' describes a situation that calls for 'lifelong support for learning' for those clients who suffer from EF deficits, possibly in conjunction with a learning disability or an attention deficit. Triage is the term used in the medical management of disasters, and here it is a useful concept for the educational therapist.
