Lauren Kenworthy - Solving Executive Function Challenges: Simple Ways to Get Kids with Autism Unstuck and on Target

Solving Executive Function Challenges

Solving Executive Function Challenges

Simple Ways to Get Kids with Autism Unstuck and on Target

by

Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D.

Childrens National Medical Center

Washington, D.C.

Laura Gutermuth Anthony, Ph.D.

Childrens National Medical Center

Washington, D.C.

Katie C. Alexander, M.S., OTR

The Ivymount School

Rockville, Maryland

Monica Adler Werner, M.A.

The Ivymount School

Rockville, Maryland

Lynn M. Cannon, M.Ed.

The Ivymount School

Rockville, Maryland

and

Lisa Greenman, J.D.

Baltimore London Sydney

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Solving executive function challenges : simple ways to get kids with autism unstuck and on target / Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D. [and five others].

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Summary: An extension of Brookess 2011 school curriculum Unstuck and On Target! An Executive Function Curriculum to Improve Flexibility for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Research Edition. Helps children with autism spectrum disorders understand and improve flexibility by hearing the same vocabulary and encountering the same expectations at home and schoolProvided by publisher.

ISBN 978-1-59857-603-0 (paperback)ISBN 1-59857-603-8 (paperback)

ISBN 978-1-59857-850-8 (EPUB)ISBN 1-59857-850-2 (EPUB)

1. Autism in childrenTreatment. 2. Autism in childrenRehabilitation. I. Kenworthy, Lauren.

RJ506.A9S65 2014

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About the Authors

Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., is the director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Childrens National Medical Center and is an associate professor of psychiatry, pediatrics, and neurology at The George Washington University Medical School. She has specialized in the neuropsychological assessment of children with social learning disorders and executive dysfunction since 1995. In addition, Dr. Kenworthy has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers investigating autism and executive function and developed the most widely used assessment tool in the field, the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF; with Gioia, Isquith, & Guy; Psychological Assessment Resources, 2000). She is a coauthor of Unstuck and On Target! An Executive Function Curriculum to Improve Flexibility for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Research Edition (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2011).

LauraGutermuthAnthony, Ph.D., is a clinical and developmental psychologist and the associate director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Childrens National Medical Center and an associate professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics at Childrens National Medical Center (CNMC) in The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She leads the intervention program at the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, an interdisciplinary evaluation, treatment, research, and training clinic. Dr. Anthony has expertise in developing clinical interventions and extensive experience in studying and treating behavioral rigidities (executive dysfunction) and stereotyped behaviors in children with developmental disorders. In addition to being among the coauthors of Unstuck and On Target! An Executive Function Curriculum to Improve Flexibility for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Research Edition (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2011), she and Dr. Kenworthy have been Principal Investigators on two federally funded projects demonstrating the effectiveness of the Unstuck and On Target! curriculum (National Institute of Mental Health and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute).

Katie C. Alexander, M.S., OTR, is an occupational therapist and served as the founding program director for the Model Asperger Program (MAP) at The Ivymount School, where she led the development and implementation of a model evidence-based educational program, including intervention addressing social competency, positive behavior supports, and executive function. She has specialized in serving individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), their families, and the professionals who support them since 2000. Ms. Alexander has conducted research on cognitive behavioral intervention for adolescents with ASD and has provided trainings and presentations both nationally and at the state level. She was a coauthor of Unstuck and On Target! An Executive Function Curriculum to Improve Flexibility for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Research Edition (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2011). Ms. Alexander continues to develop programming for individuals with ASD and to participate in the research collaboration between The Ivymount School and Childrens National Medical Center.

Monica Adler Werner, M.A., is the director of the Model Asperger Program (MAP) at The Ivymount School. In that capacity, she has spearheaded the development of a social learning curriculum that emphasizes problem solving, self-advocacy, and self-regulation. Ms. Werner has been a major contributor to the development of the Unstuck and On Target! intervention and was among the coauthors of Unstuck and On Target! An Executive Function Curriculum to Improve Flexibility for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Research Edition