The
development of executive functioning begins from birth and is critical to the
academic and social success for students. Early identification and
intervention has been proven to assist students at high risk for executive
functioning difficulties. This discussion is designed for psychologists
and will include information regarding executive functioning development in
preschoolers. It will also examine methods of preschool assessment and
most importantly, methods of intervention to assist typically and atypically
developing students. Learning
Objectives:
The
attendee will be able to discuss the development of executive functioning in
preschoolers.
The
attendee will be able to discuss methods to assess executive functioning in
preschoolers.
The
attendee will be able to discuss interventions to improve executive functioning
in preschoolers.
About
the presenter:
Dr.
Steven C. Guy is a pediatric neuropsychologist in private practice in Columbus,
Ohio and works with children and adolescents with a wide variety of
developmental and acquired conditions. He completed his undergraduate
work at Judson College in Elgin, Illinois and his graduate work at DePaul
University in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Guy completed his internship at
Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in
neuropsychology at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore,
Maryland. He has worked in both inpatient and outpatient hospital
settings as well as in private practice in the Baltimore/Washington DC
area. He has held positions of clinical instructor at both The Ohio State
University and in the Division of Pediatric Neurology/Department of Pediatrics
at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Guy has completed
research in the area of lead poisoning, the effects of chronic illness on
family functioning, memory abilities, learning disabilities and in the area of
executive/regulatory functioning. He is also one of the coauthors of the
Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF Parent, teacher and
Self-report). His current research interests include learning
disabilities and pervasive developmental disorders and he is continuing his
research developing methods designed to assist in the assessment of executive
function.