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Messer, David; Henry, Lucy A.; Nash, Gilly – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: Few investigations have examined the relationship between a comprehensive range of executive functioning (EF) abilities and reading. Aims: Our investigation identified components of EF that independently predicted single word reading, and determined whether their predictive role remained when additional variables were included in the…
Descriptors: Children, Language Impairments, Executive Function, Reaction Time
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Edelson, Meredyth Goldberg; Schubert, Derenda Timmons; Edelson, Stephen M. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1998
This study evaluated use of the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence Second Edition (TONI-2) with 258 individuals (ages 4 to 41) with autism. Results indicated that age, verbal ability, and lack of attention deficits were most predictive of TONI-2 scores, whereas attention deficits and a moderate number of autistic symptoms predicted untestability on…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention Deficit Disorders, Autism
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Antshel, Kevin M.; Joseph, Guy-Ronald – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
Maternal stress was assessed in mothers of children ages 8 to 11 years with learning disorders (LD). Age-, gender-, and IQ-matched children with reading disorders (RD; n = 31), children with nonverbal learning disorders (NVLD; n = 21), and typically developing control participants (n = 23) participated. Mothers of children with LD reported higher…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Learning, Mothers, Learning Disabilities, Stress Variables