Lisa A Daunhauer1, Brianne Gerlach-McDonald2, Elizabeth Will3, Deborah J Fidler1. 1. a Human Development and Family Studies , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , Colorado. 2. b Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute , University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill , North Carolina. 3. c Department of Psychology , University of South Carolina , Columbia , South Carolina.
Abstract
We examined performance-based laboratory tasks and ratings-based assessments of executive function (EF) in school-aged children with Down syndrome and mental-age matched peers along with adaptive functioning. METHODS: A battery of assessments including EF laboratory tasks was collected. RESULTS: The DS group performed both working memory/inhibition and planning laboratory tasks with significant challenges. Moderate correlations were evident only between some laboratory tasks and ratings-based EF domains. However, ratings-based EF better predicted adaptive function than performance on an EF laboratory-based task. CONCLUSIONS: Findings underscore the need to address early and targeted EF intervention in children with DS.
We examined performance-based laboratory tasks and ratings-based assessments of executive function (EF) in school-aged children with Down syndrome and mental-age matched peers along with adaptive functioning. METHODS: A battery of assessments including EF laboratory tasks was collected. RESULTS: The DS group performed both working memory/inhibition and planning laboratory tasks with significant challenges. Moderate correlations were evident only between some laboratory tasks and ratings-based EF domains. However, ratings-based EF better predicted adaptive function than performance on an EF laboratory-based task. CONCLUSIONS: Findings underscore the need to address early and targeted EF intervention in children with DS.
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