Essentials of Executive Functions Assessment

Name: Essentials of Executive Functions Assessment
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780470422021

ISBN-10: 0470422025

ISBN-13: 9780470422021

Edition: 2012

Authors: George McCloskey, Lisa A. Perkins, John Wasserman, Lisa A. Perkins

List price: $60.95

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Sell

Get cash fast!

Semester Rental: $22.49 Due date: 8/13/2024

Rental notice: supplementary materials (access codes, CDs, etc.) are not guaranteed with rental orders.

Buy used: $33.56

Buy new: $49.63

Marketplace

3 new & used from $29.10

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

"Executive Function" is a term used to describe a set of mental processes that helps us connect past experience with present action and which is important for successful adaptation and performance in real-life situations. We use executive function when we perform such activities as planning, organizing, strategizing and paying attention to and remembering details. Executive functions also enable people to inhibit inappropriate behaviors.Executive function deficits are associated with a number of psychiatric and developmental disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette's syndrome, depression, schizophrenia, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and autism. Executive…

Book details

List price: $60.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/10/2012
Pages: 416
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Proposed Table of Contents



A Multidimensional Model of Executive Functions



Overview of Current Practices in the Assessment of Executive Functions



A General Framework for the Assessment of Executive Functions



Direct Formal and Informal Assessment of Executive Functions



Indirect Formal and Informal Assessment of Executive Functions



Executive Function-Driven Functional Behavior Assessment



Illustrative Case Reports