Essentials of Executive Functions Assessment Essentials of Psychological Assessment Series, Vol. 68

Written by experts in the area of executive functioning, Essentials of Executive Functions Assessment equips mental health practitioners (school, clinical, developmental/pediatric, neuropsychologists, educational diagnosticians, and educational therapists) with all the information they need to administer, score, and interpret assessment instruments that test for executive functions deficits associated with a number of psychiatric and developmental disorders.

Series Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

One A Multidimensional Model of Executive Functions 1

Two Executive Functions and Related Psychological Constructs 45

Three A Framework for the Assessment of Executive Functions 82

Four Assessment of Executive Functions Using Clinical Assessment Interviews, Records Review, and Behavior Observations 107

Five Assessment of Executive Functions Using Tests of Cognition 131

Six Assessment of Executive Functions Using Tests of Academic Skills 188

Seven Assessment of Executive Functions Using Behavior Rating Scales 248

Eight Reporting Executive Functions Assessment Results 319

References 377

About the Authors 387

Index 389

About the CD-ROM 399

GEORGE McCLOSKEY, PhD, is Professor at and Director of School Psychology Research in the Psychology Department of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

LISA A. PERKINS, PsyD, is a school psychologist for the Westport, Connecticut, Public Schools and maintains a private practice at the Family Study Center, Inc., in Danbury, Connecticut.