Exploring executive functions with the IDS-2
‘Executive functions’ is an overall term that encompasses the set of higher-order processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and manage multiple tasks. These cognitive processes are necessary to select and successfully monitor behaviours that facilitate the attainment of chosen goals.
Three basic mechanisms: inhibition, working memory and cognitive flexibility, are measured with the Intelligence and Development Scales – Second Edition (IDS-2). As executive functions can display a developmental growth beyond preschool and school age into adolescence and early adulthood, measuring these processes can be significant in the context of developmental requirements for school readiness and academic success.
In this recorded webinar Professor Anna Barnett, co-author of the UK IDS-2, explores why this area of cognition is so critical – and how the IDS-2 compares to other tests of executive functions. We also take you through practical, real-world cases as well as theory and research, leaving a better understanding of this cognitive domain and how it fits within the overall IDS-2 ‘whole child’ assessment.
Prof Anna Barnett
Anna Barnett is a Professor in Psychology at the Centre for Psychological Research, Oxford Brookes University. Her research includes the development and standardisation of assessment tools for use by health and education professionals. She is an author of the Movement ABC-3 Test and Checklist and the DASH-2. Anna also coordinated the UK standardisation of the IDS-2.
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