This session is from the NASP 2021 Annual Convention
- PMD: 1
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Session 6: Recent Developments in Assessment and Research
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- appropriately interpret data from tests of executive functioning.
- understand the constructs measured by different types of executive functioning measures.
- choose appropriate executive functioning measures.
Description
While the assessment of executive functioning has become a mainstream part of psychoeducational test batteries, debate continues as to how to best assess executive functions. This poster presents the results of a study comparing direct (performance-based) and indirect (ratings) measures of executive functioning. The utility and relative merits of various methods of assessing executive functioning in diagnosis and treatment planning will be discussed.
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Presenter(s)
Esther Stavrou, PhD, Yeshiva University
