Executive Functions in Neurologic Conditions
Program Overview
This seminar will describe and explain how the executive functions work in normal individuals and in several neurologic conditions, especially autism spectrum disorders. We will review examples of the various deficits that can occur in cases of executive function impairment. Participants will learn techniques and compensatory strategies for helping clients with these impairments.
Course objectives
- Participants will be able to describe the individual skills that comprise the executive functions
- Participants will understand how executive deficits impact behavior and self-care
- We will examine treatment techniques and compensatory strategies
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Members Only Purchase
You will recieve an email, after checking out, with a unique passcode to input above enabling this webinar.
Continuing Education webinars are open to NAHAC members and the general public looking to enhance their knowledge and receive continuing education credit.
Nancy Perry, PhD.
Nancy Perry graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and completed her Ph.D. with a specialty in Neuropsychology at the California School of Professional Psychology. Her dissertation was among the earliest efforts to explain and explore the developing concept of the executive functions. She has worked for over 30 years as a psychotherapist and for 15 years as the clinical director of a unique program serving adults on the autism spectrum. Dr. Perry lives in Berkeley with her husband and has a grown daughter who lives nearby.