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Flexible and Focused
Teaching Executive Function Skills to Individuals with Autism and Attention Disorders
1st Edition - December 28, 2016
Author: Adel C. Najdowski
Paperback ISBN:9780128098332
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eBook ISBN:9780128098349
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Flexible and Focused: Teaching Executive Function Skills to Individuals with Autism and Attention Disorders is a manual written for individuals who work with learners who struggle with executive function deficits. The manual takes the perspective that executive function skills can be improved through effective intervention, just like any other skills. This how-to manual provides practical strategies for teaching learners to be focused, organized, flexible, and able to effectively manage themselves. Ready-to-use lessons, data sheets, worksheets, and other tools for practitioners, educators, and parents are provided to help them tackle common problems associated with executive function deficits in learners of any diagnosis, ages 5 to adult. The principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA), which form the foundation of this manual, are translated into simple, easy-to-use procedures. Lessons for improving executive function skills in real-life everyday situations are provided in the following areas:
Self-awareness
Inhibition and impulse control
Self-management
Attention
Organization
Problem solving
Time management
Planning
Working memory
Emotional self-regulation
Flexibility
Provides an overview of what constitutes executive function skills
Outlines how techniques based on applied behavior analysis can be used to teach skills
Presents step-by-step lessons for practitioners, educators, and parents to implement with individuals with executive function deficits
Includes data sheets, task analyses, worksheets, and visual aids
Practitioners, educators, and parents
Series Foreword: Critical Specialities in Treating Autism and Other Behavioral Challenges
Purpose
Chapter 1. Introduction
Abstract
1.1 How Can This Manual Help?
1.2 Who Can Use This Manual?
1.3 What Type of Learners Will Benefit From This Manual?
1.4 A Consideration for Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs)
1.5 Format of This Manual
Chapter 2. Principles Behind the Lessons
Abstract
2.1 Positive Reinforcement
2.2 Prompting and Prompt Fading
2.3 Chaining
2.4 Generalization
2.5 Maintenance
2.6 Data Collection and Graphing
Chapter 3. Self-Awareness, Inhibition, and Self-Management
Abstract
3.1 Self-Awareness
3.2 Self-Management
Chapter 4. Attention
Abstract
4.1 Morning and Evening Routines
4.2 Homework Routine
4.3 Sustained Attention
Chapter 5. Organization
Abstract
5.1 Cleaning Bedroom
5.2 Organizing Homework and School Supplies
5.3 Organizing Personal Spaces
Chapter 6. Problem Solving, Time Management, and Planning
Abstract
6.1 Problem Solving
6.2 Problem Solving Lesson
6.3 Time Management
6.4 Time Management Lesson
6.5 Planning
6.6 Using a Planner/Device for Planning
6.7 Planning: Short- and Long-Term Goals
6.8 Planning: Social Plans and Social Media
Chapter 7. Working Memory
Abstract
7.1 Studying Skills
7.2 Remembering to Turn In Homework
7.3 Keeping Track of Personal Items
Chapter 8. Emotional Self-Regulation and Flexibility
Abstract
8.1 Emotional Self-Regulation
8.2 Flexibility
8.3 Flexibility Lesson
Chapter 9. Troubleshooting
Abstract
9.1 Antecedent Manipulations
9.2 Reinforcement Procedures
9.3 Sufficient Learning Opportunities
9.4 Component Skills and Prerequisite Skills
9.5 Attention Deficits
9.6 Apps
9.7 Make It Fun
Appendix A
Additional Resources
References
Index
No. of pages: 120
Language: English
Published: December 28, 2016
Imprint: Academic Press
Paperback ISBN: 9780128098332
eBook ISBN: 9780128098349
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Adel C. Najdowski
Adel C. Najdowski, PhD, BCBA-D (she/her/hers), is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Master of
Science in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program at Pepperdine University as well as Research Manager at
Halo Behavioral Health. Dr. Najdowski has provided ABA-based services to children with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD) and developmental disabilities since 1995. She has more than 45 publications, including her
books Flexible and Focused: Teaching Executive Function Skills to Individuals With Autism and Attention Disorders
and A Workbook of Ethical Case Scenarios in Applied Behavior Analysis. She currently serves on the
editorial board of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and has previously served for Behavior Analysis in
Practice and as Guest Editor for a special issue in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. She currently serves
on the board of directors for the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) and previously served on the
board of directors for the California Association for Behavior Analysis (CalABA). She is also on the disciplinary
review committee (DRC) for the BACB. Her current research interests include topics related to social justice
teaching higher-order skills to children, teens, and adults diagnosed with ASD. She is a frequent speaker at conferences
and on podcasts and web-based shows.
Affiliations and expertise
Pepperdine University, Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, USA