Case study: saturday cognitive habilitation program for children with prenatal alcohol exposure
Psychol. neurosci. (Impr.)
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7(2): 163-173, Jan.-June 2014. tab
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Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
This case study describes the outcomes of a Saturday community intervention program for children suspected of or affected by prenatal exposure to alcohol who exhibited learning deficits. Five children participated in the program and received individualized interventions designed to address learning and academic deficits in either reading or mathematics. Often children affected by prenatal alcohol exposure exhibit deficits with executive processes, including metacognitive functioning, that interfere with learning. Instruction to improve metacognitive skills was incorporated into the intervention programs. The metacognitive training was adapted from the Math Interactive Learning Experience (MILE) and targeted the children's skills to plan, organize, shift, and evaluate problem solving strategies. Standardized tests of nonverbal reasoning and academic achievement were administered before and after the children received interventions to measure progress. The results indicated that four of the five children who participated in the program showed clinically significant gains with scores increasing from the borderline or low average to the average range on measures of nonverbal reasoning, reading comprehension, or mathematics reasoning. One child showed no gains on measures of nonverbal reasoning and reading. A variety of factors including age, cognitive profile, session attendance, and access to special education and other intervention services may have influenced the child's progress. Overall, the case reviews suggest that the interventions show promise to remediate learning problems of children affected by prenatal alcohol exposure in a community setting...
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Sujet Principal:
Lésions prénatales
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Services de Réhabilitation
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Fonction exécutive
Limites du sujet:
Adolescent
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Enfant
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Psychol. neurosci. (Impr.)
Thème du journal:
Neurologie
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Psychologie
Année:
2014
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
États-Unis d'Amérique
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
Emory University/US
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