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Neural Basis of Visual Attentional Orienting in Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Murphy, Eric R.; Norr, Megan; Strang, John F.; Kenworthy, Lauren; Gaillard, William D.; Vaidya, Chandan J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
We examined spontaneous attention orienting to visual salience in stimuli without social significance using a modified Dot-Probe task during functional magnetic resonance imaging in high-functioning preadolescent children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and age- and IQ-matched control children. While the magnitude of attentional bias (faster…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Visual Perception
Impact of Attention Training on Academic Achievement, Executive Functioning, and Behavior: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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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
An Evaluation of the Preschool PATHS Curriculum on the Development of Preschool Children
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Hughes, Cerian; Cline, Tony – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2015
This study evaluated the efficacy of preschool Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS), an early years curriculum designed to improve children's social and emotional competence, and reduce problem behaviour. Fifty-seven children aged three to four years took part in the study over one academic year. The control group (Group 1) received…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Preschool Education, Emotional Development, Social Development
The Severely Impaired Do Profit Most: Differential Effectiveness of a Parent Management Training for Children with Externalizing Behavior Problems in a Natural Setting
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Hautmann, Christopher; Stein, Petra; Eichelberger, Ilka; Hanisch, Charlotte; Pluck, Julia; Walter, Daniel; Dopfner, Manfred – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2011
We investigated the differential effectiveness of a parent management training program for children with externalizing problem behavior. The parent management training was tested using a within-subject control group design. 270 families with children aged 3-10 years were included and assessments were made at 3 months before treatment, immediately…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Behavior Problems, Parent Education, Parenting Styles
The Impact of Working Memory Training in Young People with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
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Roughan, Laura; Hadwin, Julie A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
This study examined the impact of a working memory (WM) training programme on measures of WM, IQ, behavioural inhibition, self-report test and trait anxiety and teacher reported emotional and behavioural difficulties and attentional control before and after WM training and at a 3 month follow-up. The WM training group (N = 7) showed significantly…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Emotional Disturbances, Intelligence Quotient, Inhibition