gogo
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press 2017Description: 192 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780199980864 (hbk.) :
  • 9780199980864 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.4 HOS
LOC classification:
  • BF721 .E984 2017
Contents:
1.Introduction. Maureen J. Hoskyn, Grace Iarocci, and Arlene R. Young -- Part one. Executive functions and children\'s development -- 2.Executive functioning: a developmenal 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 misfunction. Jacob A. Burack, Colin Campbell, Oriane Landry, and Marie·tte Huzinga -- 5.Executive functioning helps children think about and learn about others\' mental states. Jeanette E. Benson and Mark A. Sabbagh -- 6.Parenting and young children\'s executive function development. Annie Bernier, Diane St-Lauren, Ceþlia Matte-Gagneþ, Tristan Milot, Stuart I. Hammond, and Jeremy I. M. Carpendale -- 7.Transition to school: executive function, emergent academic skills, and early school achievement. Ulrich Mu·ller, 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 Stephaie M. Carlson -- 9.Executive functions and plurilingualism in young children. Maureen J. Hoskyn -- 10.Executive funtios and the developing social competence of children with autism spectrum disorder. Grace Iaraocci and Emily Gardiner -- 11.The assessment of executive funcitons in Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity disorder: performance-based measures versus ratings of behavior. Maggie E. Toplak, Richard F. West, and Keith E. Stanovich.
Summary: This work 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 155.4 HOS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 223581

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Introduction. Maureen J. Hoskyn, Grace Iarocci, and Arlene R. Young -- Part one. Executive functions and children\'s development -- 2.Executive functioning: a developmenal 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 misfunction. Jacob A. Burack, Colin Campbell, Oriane Landry, and Marie·tte Huzinga -- 5.Executive functioning helps children think about and learn about others\' mental states. Jeanette E. Benson and Mark A. Sabbagh -- 6.Parenting and young children\'s executive function development. Annie Bernier, Diane St-Lauren, Ceþlia Matte-Gagneþ, Tristan Milot, Stuart I. Hammond, and Jeremy I. M. Carpendale -- 7.Transition to school: executive function, emergent academic skills, and early school achievement. Ulrich Mu·ller, 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 Stephaie M. Carlson -- 9.Executive functions and plurilingualism in young children. Maureen J. Hoskyn -- 10.Executive funtios and the developing social competence of children with autism spectrum disorder. Grace Iaraocci and Emily Gardiner -- 11.The assessment of executive funcitons in Attention-Deficit/hyperactivity disorder: performance-based measures versus ratings of behavior. Maggie E. Toplak, Richard F. West, and Keith E. Stanovich.

This work 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.

Powered by Koha