Executive Functions: Skills to Promote Success in School and Beyond

• By: Renee Soufer, MA, MEd Shuli Sandler, PsyD Spectrum Services
• April 1st, 2011
• children, executive functioning, school
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Many children diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (AS) and High Functioning Autism (HFA) struggle with impairments in executive functioning (EF). Executive functions are defined as “an umbrella construct defined as the control, supervisory, or self-regulatory functions that organize and direct all...