Executive Functions

Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, before retiring in 2021, served on the faculties of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the Medical University of South Carolina, and Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Barkley has worked with children, adolescents, and families since the 1970s and is the author of numerous bestselling books for both professionals and the public, including Taking Charge of ADHD and Your Defiant Child. He has also published six assessment scales and more than 300 scientific articles and book chapters on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, executive functioning, and childhood defiance. A frequent conference presenter and speaker who is widely cited in the national media, Dr. Barkley is past president of the Section on Clinical Child Psychology (the former Division 12) of the American Psychological Association (APA), and of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. He is a recipient of awards from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the APA, among other honors. His website is www.russellbarkley.org.

1. Problems with the Concept of Executive Functioning
2. The Extended Phenotype: A Foundation for Modeling Executive Functioning
3. Executive Functioning as an Extended Phenotype
4. The Instrumental–Self-Directed Level
5. The Methodical–Self-Reliant Level
6. The Tactical–Reciprocal Level
7. The Strategic–Cooperative Level
8. The Extended Utilitarian Zone
9. Implications for Understanding Executive Functioning and Its Disorders
10. Implications for the Assessment and Clinical Management of Deficits in Executive Functioning