Opportunities, barriers, and recommendations in Down syndrome research

JA Hendrix, A Amon, L Abbeduto… - … science of rare …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
BACKGROUND: Recent advances in medical care have increased life expectancy and
improved the quality of life for people with Down syndrome (DS). These advances are the …

Assistive technology for cognition to support executive functions in autism: A sco** review

L Desideri, A Di Santantonio, N Varrucciu… - Advances in …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives Atypical executive functions (EF) have long been observed in individuals with
autism spectrum disorders (ASD) of any age. To compensate for EF-related difficulties and to …

Executive function deficits in kindergarten predict repeated academic difficulties across elementary school

PL Morgan, G Farkas, Y Wang, MM Hillemeier… - Early Childhood …, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigated whether and to what extent deficits in executive functions (EF) increase
kindergarten children's risk for repeated academic difficulties across elementary school. We …

Kindergarten children's executive functions predict their second‐grade academic achievement and behavior

PL Morgan, G Farkas, MM Hillemeier… - Child …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Whether and to what extent kindergarten children's executive functions (EF) constitute
promising targets of early intervention is currently unclear. This study examined whether …

Computerised attention training for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a randomised controlled trial

HE Kirk, KM Gray, K Ellis, J Taffe… - Journal of Child …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience
heightened attention difficulties which have been linked to poorer cognitive, academic and …

Impact of attention training on academic achievement, executive functioning, and behavior: A randomized controlled trial

H Kirk, K Gray, K Ellis, J Taffe… - American journal on …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience significant
difficulties in attention, learning, executive functions, and behavioral regulation. Emerging …

[HTML][HTML] Behavioral and cognitive interventions with digital devices in subjects with intellectual disability: A systematic review

MT Moreno, JC Sans, MTC Fosch - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years, digital devices have been progressively introduced in rehabilitation
programs and have affected skills training methods used with children and adolescents with …

[BOOK][B] Principles of cognitive rehabilitation

V Nejati - 2022 - books.google.com
Principles of Cognitive Rehabilitation is designed to familiarize readers with the deep-rooted
principles of cognitive rehabilitation and cognitive training. Presenting a new comprehensive …

Dynamic assessment: A case of unfulfilled potential?

JG Elliott, WCM Resing, JF Beckmann - Educational Review, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper updates a review of dynamic assessment in education by the first author,
published in this journal in 2003. It notes that the original review failed to examine the …

Effects of prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation on social functioning in autism spectrum disorder: A randomized clinical trial

YMY Han, MMY Chan, CKS Shea, FYM Mo… - …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This triple-arm, double-blind, randomized clinical trial investigated the effect of multisession
prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on social functioning in individuals …