Child Development: Executive Functions

Name: Child Development: Executive Functions
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Learn how decision-making and executive functions develop during childhood in this free online child psychology course.

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In this free course, you will learn how to:

Define ‘executive functions’
Outline important research carried out in the field of child psychology
Compare brain and executive function development
Identify the various components of executive functions and their role
Analyse the development of executive function skills in early childhood
Discuss the factors affecting the development of executive functions in early childhood
Establish the importance of executive functions during the early childhood phase
Describe the different methods developed to assess the growth of executive function skills in children
Identify the approaches that improve preschool children's executive function skills
Outline the role of long-term school-based education programmes in developing children’s executive functions

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