Clinical Question: Do individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) benefit from memory strategies/supports training versus no training, based on their performance on prospective memory tasks? Method: Systematic Review. Sources: PSYCINFO®, CINAHL®, PubMed®, and ASHA® journal search. Search Terms: MCI, cognitive rehabilitation, cognitive…

The article reviews the educational trend toward a cognitive behavioral intervention approach in special education. One reason for the trend is the evidence that other treatments, especially behavior modification, were not generalizable or durable. (PHR)

Research evidence relative to three intervention strategies (medication, behavior modification, and cognitive training) was examined to determine the intervention effects on handicapped students' performance in personal/social, psychological processing, and educational skills domains. (PHR)

The article reviews the research on cognitive behavior modification (CBM) training with exceptional learners and procedures which are similar to cognitive training. Areas covered include impulsive behavior, academic performance, and maintenance and transfer of training. (PHR)

The research literature on children's production of elaborations in associative learning tasks is reviewed, especially with respect to the questions of when children can produce elaborations under instruction, when they transfer elaborative strategy usage from one situation to another, and when they produce elaborative strategies spontaneously.…