Development of a performance assessment of executive function: The children's kitchen task assessment

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 528-537

  Rocke, Kristy ^a   Hays, Paige ^a   Edwards, Dorothy ^b   Berg, Christine ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Executive function; Pediatrics; Performance assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049136062     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.62.5.528     Document Type: Article

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