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Pritchard, A. E.; Kalback, S.; McCurdy, M.; Capone, G. T. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2015
Background: Executive function (EF) deficits are :a recognised component of the cognitive phenotype of youth with Down Syndrome (DS). Recent research in this area emphasises the use of behaviour ratings, such as the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions-Preschool Version (BRIEF-P), to capture the real-world applications of executive…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Down Syndrome, Neurological Impairments, Behavior Problems
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Roelofs, R. L.; Visser, E. M.; Berger, H. J. C.; Prins, J. B.; Van Schrojenstein Lantman-De Valk, H. M. J.; Teunisse, J. P. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2015
Background: Executive functioning (EF) is important for adequate behavioural functioning and crucial for explaining symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in individuals with normal intelligence, but is scarcely studied in individuals with ASD and intellectual disabilities (ID). We therefore study EF in an ID population by comparing…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Klusek, J.; Martin, G. E.; Losh, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2014
Background: Prior research suggests that 60-74% of males and 16-45% of females with fragile X syndrome (FXS) meet criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in research settings. However, relatively little is known about the rates of clinical diagnoses in FXS and whether such diagnoses are consistent with those performed in a research setting…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Clinical Diagnosis