Executive functions in children's everyday lives : a handbook for professionals in applied psychology / edited by Maureen J. Hoskyn, Grace Iarocci, Arlene R. Young.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoskyn, Maureen, editor.

Iarocci, Grace, editor.

Young, Arlene R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child psychology.

Cognition in children.

Psychology, Applied.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

'Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives' captures the diversity and complexity of the executive system that underlies children's everyday life experiences. Acquisition of executive functions, such as interpreting communication cues and the perspectives of others, is foundational to and a function of children's early social and communicative competencies.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

1. Introduction to Executive Functions in Young Children

Maureen Hoskyn, Grace Iarocci, and Arlene R. Young

<strong>Part One: Executive Functions and Children's Development</strong>

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

<strong>Part Two: Diversity in the Development of Executive Functions</strong>

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-066464-9

0-19-066463-0

0-19-998087-X