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Kirk, Hannah; Gray, Kylie; Ellis, Kirsten; Taffe, John; Cornish, Kim – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience significant difficulties in attention, learning, executive functions, and behavioral regulation. Emerging evidence suggests that computerized cognitive training may remediate these impairments. In a double blind controlled trial, 76 children with IDD (4-11 years) were…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Training, Academic Achievement, Executive Function
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Liberman, Lihi; Ratzon, Navah; Bart, Orit – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Participation is a person's involvement in daily activities in a variety of environments, roles and life situations. Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) experience difficulties in gaining academic achievements or in their engagement in activity of daily living. Motor difficulties have a negative effect on the ability to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Control Groups, Developmental Disabilities, Skill Development
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Ludlow, Amanda K.; Wilkins, Arnold J.; Heaton, Pam – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
Abnormalities of colour perception in children with autistic spectrum disorders have been widely reported anecdotally. However, there is little empirical data linking difficulties in colour perception with academic achievement. The Wilkins Rate of Reading Test was administered with and without "Intuitive Coloured Overlays" to 19 children with…
Descriptors: Color, Visual Perception, Autism, Academic Achievement