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Ameliorating Attentional Deficits and Concomitant Academic Deficiencies in Learning Disabled Children through Cognitive Training.
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Brown, Ronald T.; Alford, Norma – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1984
The study investigated the efficacy of a package of cognitive self-control procedures for ameliorating the attentional deficits of 12-year-old learning disabled children. Performance on measures of reading, attention, an inhibitory control was improved as a function of the cognitive self-instructional training. The improvement continued to sustain…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Learning Disabilities
Inattentive Behavior in Childhood: Epidemiology and Implications for Development.
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Warner-Rogers, Jody; Taylor, Alan; Taylor, Eric; Sandberg, Seija – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2000
A study compared developmental functioning, social, and environmental backgrounds of 62 overly active children (age 7), 37 with inattentive behavior, and 46 controls. Children with inattentive behavior were more likely to have general cognitive delays, particularly in language development and were more likely to have fathers with low occupational…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Blue Collar Occupations, Child Development