Executive Functioning Workshop
Salt Lake City, UT

Peter K. Isquith, PhD will present a workshop on February 25, 2010, in the Shriners Hospital Auditorium in Salt Lake City, UT. The workshop will run from 8:30-11:30am with a continental breakfast. Three CEU credits are available for this workshop.

Description: The purpose of this workshop is to assist psychologists in conceptualizing and assessing the self-regulatory aspects of child and adolescent functioning. The self-regulatory functions play a substantial role that is central to most other domains of functioning (e.g., attention, language, motor, etc.) with a core impact on learning, social, behavioral and emotional domains. Executive functions do not constitute a singular or separate disorder, but contribute to, or are components of, many disorders. Topics will include functional definitions and the underlying concepts of Executive Functioning disorders. We will review the components of the developing multi-domain executive system, methods of assessment, and executive deficits in specific disorders. A general model of intervention will be presented.

Purpose: Concepts and methods related to the executive functions have gained attention in the clinical and educational domains over the past decade. This workshop will increase the knowledge and expertise of the clinical or school psychologist regarding executive functions in children and adolescents, and will assist in developing skills to assess profiles of executive dysfunction.

Learning Objectives:

• Define executive functions in general, understand the relationships among subdomains or components of the executive system, and discuss relevant concepts as they affect learning, social, emotional and behavioral functioning.


• View executive functions within a developmental framework, considering both the intrinsic maturation of the child as well as the changing environmental demands and expectations that place greater demands on the executive functions.


• Describe some assessment methods available to measure, qualitatively and quantitatively, the child's profile of executive function.

Peter K. Isquith, PhD, is a Licensed Psychologist that has specialized in Pediatric Neuropsychology. He completed his doctoral training in Child Clinical Psychology and Law at the University of Buffalo. He then completed his clinical training at Children's Hospital in Boston with an appointment at Harvard Medical School. His primary area of research is the development of disorders of self-regulation in children and adolescents. He is a highly regarded researcher, widely published author and is co-author of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) family of instruments and the Tasks of Executive Control (TEC).

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