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Natalie H. Stagnone; John C. Thorne; Julia T. Mattson; Sara T. Kover – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Executive function is an area of challenge for both children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Parent ratings of everyday executive function relate to a range of outcomes, including social functioning in ASD. Comparisons between FASD and ASD have revealed both overlapping and distinct…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Campbell, Colin; Landry, Oriane; Russo, Natalie; Flores, Heidi; Jacques, Sophie; Burack, Jacob A. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
The influences of verbal mental age (VMA) and performance mental age (PMA) on cognitive flexibility were examined among a group of participants with Down syndrome (DS), in order to disentangle the relative contributions of each. The impaired cognitive flexibility typically observed among individuals with DS in combination with uneven VMA and PMA…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Preschool Children, Down Syndrome, Nonverbal Ability