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 Resources

Videos

Books

  • Dawson, P., & Guare, R., (2018). From Executive Function Skills in Children and Adolescents. New York: Guilford Press. Third Edition.

  • Dawson, P., & Guare, R. (2009). Smart but scattered: The revolutionary “executive skills” approach to helping kids reach their potential. Guilford Press.

  • Forgan, J. W., & Richey, M. A. (2015). The impulsive, disorganized child: Solutions for parenting kids with executive functioning difficulties. Prufrock Press Inc.

  • Wolraich, M., & Hagan, J. F. (2019). ADHD: What every parent needs to know (3rd edition). American Academy of Pediatrics.

  • Kenworthy, L., Anthony, L. G., Alexander, K. C., Werner, M. A., Cannon, L., & Greenman, L. (2014). Solving executive function challenges: Simple ways to get kids with autism unstuck and on target. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

  • Faith, L., Bush, C.-A., Dawson, P., & Diamond, A. (2022). Executive function skills in the classroom: Overcoming barriers, building strategies. The Guilford Press.

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Podcasts

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Articles

  • Best, J. R. (2010). Effects of physical activity on children’s executive function: Contributions of experimental research on aerobic exercise. Developmental Review, 30(4), 331–351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2010.08.001

  • Cortés Pascual, A., Moyano Muñoz, N., & Quílez Robres, A. (2019). The relationship between executive functions and academic performance in primary education: Review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1582. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01582

  • Cramm, H., Krupa, T., Missiuna, C., Lysaght, R. M., & Parker, K. C. H. (2013). Broadening the occupational therapy toolkit: An executive functioning lens for occupational therapy with children and youth. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(6), e139–e147 https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2013.008607

  • Cumming, M. M., Bettini, E., Pham, A. V., & Park, J. (2020). School-, classroom-, and dyadic-level experiences: A literature review of their relationship with students’ executive functioning development. Review of Educational Research, 90(1), 47–94. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654319891400 

  • Diamond A. (2012). Activities and Programs That Improve Children's Executive Functions. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21(5), 335–341. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721412453722

  • Fogel, Y., Rosenblum, S., & Josman, N. (2020). Environmental factors and daily functioning levels among adolescents with executive function deficits. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 83(2), 88-97. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022619876557

  • Gharebaghy, S., Rassafiani, M., & Cameron, D. (2015). Effect of cognitive intervention on children with ADHD. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 35(1), 13–23. https://doi.org/10.3109/01942638.2014.957428

  • Gunzenhauser, C., & Nückles, M. (2021). Training executive functions to improve academic achievement: Tackling avenues to far transfer. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 624008. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.624008

  • Jacobsen, G. M., De Mello, C. M., Kochhann, R., & Fonseca, R. P. (2017). Executive functions in school-age children: Influence of age, gender, school type and parental education: executive functions in school-age children. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31(4), 404–413. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3338

  • Jacobson, L. A., Williford, A. P., & Pianta, R. C. (2011). The role of executive function in children's competent adjustment to middle school. Child Neuropsychology: A Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence, 17(3), 255–280. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2010.535654

  • Otero, T. M., Barker, L. A., & Naglieri, J. A. (2014). Executive function treatment and intervention in schools. Applied Neuropsychology: Child, 3(3), 205–214. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622965.2014.897903  

  • Riggs, N. R., Jahromi, L. B., Razza, R. P., Dillworth-Bart, J. E., & Mueller, U. (2006). Executive function and the promotion of social–emotional competence. Journal of Applied  Developmental Psychology, 27(4), 300–309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2006.04.002

  • Traverso, L., Viterbori, P., & Usai, M. C. (2015). Improving executive function in childhood: Evaluation of a training intervention for 5-year-old children. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00525

  • Verret, C., Guay, M.-C., Berthiaume, C., Gardiner, P., & Béliveau, L. (2012). A physical activity program improves behavior and cognitive functions in children with ADHD: An exploratory study. Journal of Attention Disorders, 16(1), 71–80. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054710379735

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Information gathered through this capstone was completed on April 8

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