Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives A Handbook for Professionals in Applied Psychology
by Hoskyn, Maureen J.; Iarocci, Grace; Young, Arlene R.Downloadable: 180 Days
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Summary
Author Biography
Maureen J. Hoskyn, PhD, is Associate Professor and Executive Director of the Centre for Research on Early Child Health and Education at Simon Fraser University. Her current research projects focus on the development of executive functions in young children who communicate with several languages.
Grace Iarocci, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Autism and Developmental Disorders Lab at Simon Fraser University. Her research on executive function focuses on the relation between executive function and social development in children with ASD
Arlene R. Young, PhD, is Associate Professor and the Director of Clinical Training at the University of Guelph, Ontario. Her research focuses on the interplay between learning and language disorders and mental health in children and adolescents. Executive function is an important component of her research.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Executive Functions in Young Children
Maureen Hoskyn, Grace Iarocci, and Arlene R. Young
Part One: Executive Functions and Children's Development
2. Executive Functioning: A Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
Katie Knapp and J. Bruce Morton
3. Assessing Executive Functions in Young Children
Arlene R. Young, Mandeep K. Gurm, and Katherine A. O'Donnell
4. Sports as a Metaphor for Understanding the Development of Executive Function and Mis-function
Jacob A. Burack, Colin Campbell, Oriane Landry, and Mariëtte Huizinga
5. Executive Functioning Helps Children Think About and Learn About Others' Mental States
Jeannette E. Benson and Mark A. Sabbagh
6. Parenting and Young Children's Executive Function Development
Annie Bernier, Diane St-Laurent, Célia Matte-Gagné, Tristan Milot, Stuart I. Hammond, and Jeremy I. M. Carpendale
7. Transition to School: Executive Function, Emergent Academic Skills, and Early School Achievement
Ulrich Müller, Michael Miller, Sarah Hutchison, and Kayla Ten Eycke
Part Two: Diversity in the Development of Executive Functions
8. The Bilingual Advantage: Evidence and Alternative Views
J. Bruce Morton and Stephanie M. Carlson
9. Executive Functions and Plurilingualism in Young Children
Maureen Hoskyn
10. Executive Functions and the Developing Social Competence of Children with ASD
Grace Iarocci and Emily Gardiner
11. The Assessment of Executive Functions in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Performance-Based Measures Versus Ratings of Behavior
Maggie E. Toplak, Richard F. West, and Keith E. Stanovich
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