Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives

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 ASDArlene 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.

• 1. Introduction to Executive Functions in Young ChildrenMaureen Hoskyn, Grace Iarocci, and Arlene R. Young Part One: Executive Functions and Children's Development 2. Executive Functioning: A Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience PerspectiveKatie Knapp and J. Bruce Morton 3. Assessing Executive Functions in Young ChildrenArlene R. Young, Mandeep K. Gurm, and Katherine A. O'Donnell 4. Sports as a Metaphor for Understanding the Development of Executive Function and Mis-functionJacob A. Burack, Colin Campbell, Oriane Landry, and Mariëtte Huizinga 5. Executive Functioning Helps Children Think About and Learn About Others' Mental StatesJeannette E. Benson and Mark A. Sabbagh 6. Parenting and Young Children's Executive Function DevelopmentAnnie 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 AchievementUlrich 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 ViewsJ. Bruce Morton and Stephanie M. Carlson 9. Executive Functions and Plurilingualism in Young ChildrenMaureen Hoskyn 10. Executive Functions and the Developing Social Competence of Children with ASDGrace Iarocci and Emily Gardiner 11. The Assessment of Executive Functions in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Performance-Based Measures Versus Ratings of BehaviorMaggie E. Toplak, Richard F. West, and Keith E. Stanovich

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