Assessment and Intervention for Executive Function Difficulties

George McCloskey, Ph.D., is a Professor and Director of School Psychology Research in the Psychology Department of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM). He is also the Director of the SPARK Project (School Psychologists Adopting Refined Knowledge) for the New York City Department of Education, which involves updated skills training for 1100 school psychologists. He maintains a private practice that involves consulting with state departments of education, universities, and school districts, and performing independent evaluations and conducting interventions for schools and private clients.Lisa A. Perkins, M.S., has been a school psychologist in Connecticut public schools for most of the past three decades. She currently maintains a private practice at the Family Study Center in Danbury, CT, focusing on independent psychoeducational evaluations of children, adolescents, and adults and conducting interventions for schools and clients. She is a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), where she is completing her Psy.D. in School Psychology.Bob R. Van Divner, M.S., is a Pennsylvania certified school psychologist. He is currently the Coordinator of Admissions Assessment at the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He also maintains a private practice, where he provides individual and family therapy and acts as a behavioral consultant to families and schools.

• Preface. Six Case Vignettes. A Conceptual Model of Executive Functions. A General Holarchical Model of Executive Function Processes from an Integral Perspective. Executive Function Development and Related Issues. Assessment of Executive Function Capacities. Academic Skill Development and Assessment of Executive Functions. Interventions for Executive Function Difficulties. Executive Functions in the School Setting. Case Study. Summary.

This book fills a gap in knowledge regarding the critical role of executive functions. It will be invaluable to professionals who are concerned with the evaluation and treatment of educational and mental health problems. Nancy Mather, PhD, is professor of learning disabilities at the University of Arizona and co-author of the Woodcock-Johnson IIIThe authors masterfully weave the emotional plight of six students to illustrate the most comprehensive model of executive functioning capacities in children to date. Logically written and skillfully crafted, each chapter sets a new standard for assessing and remediating executive functioning deficits in children. Steven G. Feifer, EdD, NCSP, ABSNP, is a school neuropsychologist in the Maryland public school system and a nationally renowned speaker in the field of learning disabilitiesFor the first time, we have the translation of theory and research of executive functions applied straight into practice. It is an outstanding resource that will become the ‘gold standard’ for evaluating and treating children with a variety of executive function disorders. Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, EdD, NCSP, has a private practice in Cleveland, Ohio