Executive Functions in Children’s Everyday Lives

Maureen J. Hoskyn, PhD, is Associate Professor and Executive Director of the Centre for Research on Early Child Health and Education at Simon Fraser University. Her current research projects focus on the development of executive functions in young children who communicate with several languages.Grace Iarocci, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Autism and Developmental Disorders Lab at Simon Fraser University. Her research on executive function focuses on the relation between executive function and social development in children with ASDArlene R. Young, PhD, is Associate Professor and the Director of Clinical Training at the University of Guelph, Ontario. Her research focuses on the interplay between learning and language disorders and mental health in children and adolescents. Executive function is an important component of her research.