Executive Function Reading List

Attention-Deficit Disorders and Comorbidities in Children, Adolescents, and Adults, Thomas Brown, American Psychiatric Press, 2000. This book is quite different from most existing books on ADHD. It includes clear explanation of a new model for understanding ADHD as a complex set of impairments in management functions of the mind. It begins with recognition that more than 50% of those affected by ADHD, with or without hyperactivity, also have one or more concurrent disorder of learning, emotion and/or behavior. Established experts describe practical implications of current research on ADD with Anxiety Disorders, ADD with Learning Disorders, ADD with Mood Disorders, ADD with Substance Abuse, and many other combinations of ADD with other comorbid disorders. Increasingly ADD is being recognized as a widespread disorder which significantly impairs many children, adolescents and adults in work or school, family life, social relationships and self-esteem. This book provides accurate, up-to-date, research-based information on the diverse and complex ways in which ADD impact individuals and their families. It describes how these complexities should be taken into account by all those who assess, treat, educate and care for children, adolescents and adults with ADHD--with and without hyperactivity

Attention, Memory and Executive Function, G. Reid Lyon, Norman A Krasnegor, Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co, 1996. From a 1994 working conference at the National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, researchers in psychology, neuropsychology, special education, and medicine present theory and research on three central cognitive processes--attention, memory, and executive function--and explain how their findings can help clinicians assess and remediate reading and attention disorders. Teaching Teens With ADD and ADHD: A Quick Reference Guide for Teachers and Parents, Chris A. Zeigler Dendy, Woodbine House, 2000. This is the ideal book to read cover to cover, or for a busy parent or an overworked teacher to use as a bedside reference to help their teenager make the best use of his talents. If you want to help your teenager lead the fulfilling life he deserves, buy and use this book." --Jon Meyerson, LCSW-C, family therapist, writing in the newsletter of the Learning Disabilities Association of Montgomery County, Maryland

Teaching the Tiger: A Handbook for Individuals Involved in the Education of Students With Attention Deficit Disorders, Tourette Syndrome or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Marilyn Dornbush, Ph.D. & Sheryl K. Pruitt, M.Ed., Hope Press, 1995. On every page it is quite evident that these two writers understand what each child and adult go through when they suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Tourette Syndrome or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The daily struggle with just being able to organize oneself in order to meet either the classroom environment or the work place takes on heroic proportions. With guidance from clinicians such as Dornbush and Pruitt, the sufferers of these conditions will have the tools and strategies with which to cope with their invisible handicaps.

Understanding Tourette Syndrome: A Handbook for Educators, Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada, 2001. Educators have an important, if not critical, role in the lives of students with TS. As a crucial member of the education team the teacher’s approach can help the student with TS develop self-awareness and self-management. A meaningful and consistent teacher/student relationship enables the student, as he or she matures, to move from parent-advocacy to self-advocacy. Real and empathetic understanding of these students makes a tremendous difference that will carry over to affect the quality of life for them and their entire families.