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Carly Hyde; Logan Shurtz; Nicole McDonald; Maria Pizzano; Charles A. Nelson; Elizabeth A. Thiele; Connie Kasar; Shafali Jeste – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a genetic condition characterized by both medical and neuropsychiatric diagnoses that emerge across the lifespan. As part of a clinical trial, caregivers of children with TSC were interviewed about their experiences navigating medical, school, and social services. Semistructured interviews (N = 20) with…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Neuropsychology, Clinical Diagnosis, Control Groups
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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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Bennett, Stephanie J.; Holmes, Joni; Buckley, Sue – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
This study evaluated the impact of a computerized visuospatial memory training intervention on the memory and behavioral skills of children with Down syndrome. Teaching assistants were trained to support the delivery of a computerized intervention program to individual children over a 10-16 week period in school. Twenty-one children aged 7-12…
Descriptors: Intervention, Control Groups, Down Syndrome, Short Term Memory
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Eldevik, Sigmund; Hastings, Richard P.; Hughes, J. Carl; Jahr, Erik; Eikeseth, Svein; Cross, Scott – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
We gathered individual participant data from 16 group design studies on behavioral intervention for children with autism. In these studies, 309 children received behavioral intervention, 39 received comparison interventions, and 105 were in a control group. More children who underwent behavioral intervention achieved reliable change in IQ (29.8%)…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Autism, Intelligence Quotient