Executive Functions (eBook)

Russell A. Barkley, PhD, ABPP, ABCN, is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. 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 280 scientific articles and book chapters on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, executive functioning, and childhood defiance, and is editor of the newsletter The ADHD Report. 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 Functioning2. The Extended Phenotype: A Foundation for Modeling Executive Functioning3. Executive Functioning as an Extended Phenotype4. The Instrumental–Self-Directed Level5. The Methodical–Self-Reliant Level6. The Tactical–Reciprocal Level7. The Strategic–Cooperative Level8. The Extended Utilitarian Zone9. Implications for Understanding Executive Functioning and Its Disorders10. Implications for the Assessment and Clinical Management of Deficits in Executive Functioning