{"id":1010,"date":"2017-05-24T22:47:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T02:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behavioralobservations.com\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2017-06-10T09:01:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T13:01:00","slug":"session-27-adel-nadjowski-breaks-executive-functioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behavioralobservations.com\/be_obs\/session-27-adel-nadjowski-breaks-executive-functioning","title":{"rendered":"Session 27: Adel Najdowski Breaks Down Executive Functioning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Session 27 of The Behavioral Observations Podcast, I chat with Dr. Adel Najdowski, BCBA-D about teaching Executive Functioning skills to individuals with Autism and Attention difficulties. Adel is the author of a new book on this subject, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Flexible-Focused-Individuals-Specialties-Behavioral\/dp\/0128098333\">Flexible and Focused<\/a>, and we discuss the idea of Behavior Analysts delving into the realm of more mainstream psychological and educational constructs, and more pragmatically, how to conceptualize things like EF into more manageable and teachable responses.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5387787\/height\/90\/width\/640\/theme\/custom\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/f80849\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The book is available on Amazon, and it will also be at the ABAI 2017 Bookstore, which is where I\u2019ll probably pick my copy up.<\/p>\n<p>This episode is sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brittonbehavioralconsulting.com\/\">Britton Behavioral Consulting<\/a>. 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