Target specific high-level cognitive processes in your clients with executive function disorder with activities that can be individualized to their needs and interests.
Executive functions perform a collective service that comes into play with all facets of cognitive processing. Patients with executive function disorders have difficulty with:
planning and organization
identifying what needs to be done
carrying out the steps in an orderly way
identifying the beginning tasks
maintaining attention
evaluating how they're doing on a task
taking feedback or suggestions
This manual provides a structured framework for therapists to guide the evaluation process and treatment of patients with executive function disorders. The manual gives:
information on the use of standardized and informal assessment tools to reflect the patient's real-life performance
instruction in the use of the Patient-Initiated Continuum (PIC) to involve the patient as a stakeholder in therapy and to quantify patient improvement
thorough explanations of the processes of time management, attention (five forms), goal-directed behavior, and memory
activities to systematically target self-assessment, time management, attention (five forms), goal-directed behavior, and memory
