Executive function in children with intellectual disability – the effects of sex, level and aetiology of intellectual disability

Abstract

Knowing what executive function is most impaired in children with ID will help professionals design better intervention strategies. More attention needs to be given to the assessment of executive function and its subsequent intervention in the school settings.

Much ado about norming: The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function

“…There is, however, no clear association between IQ scores and ratings on the BRIEF in the broader literature involving typically developing and clinical samples. For example, BRIEF ratings were reported to be unrelated to IQ scores in a large study of typically developing children and adolescents (Ziegler, Dahnke, Winkler, & Gaser, 2013), in children with spina bifida (Brown et al, 2008), or in children exposed in utero to substances of abuse (Piper et al, 2011), while an association was observed in children with intellectual disabilities (Memisevic & Sinanovic, 2013).…”

Executive Function, Adherence, and Glycemic Control in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: a Literature Review

“…In addition, a number of studies have reported an association between specific executive domains and intelligence [44][45][46][47]. Other more specific and/or severe brain-based conditions have also been associated with deficits in EF, for example, traumatic brain injury (TBI) [48] and intellectual disability (ID) [49]. When these conditions (and associated EF difficulties) are present in youth with type 1 diabetes, the risk for non-adherence is increased.…”

Parental Ratings of Children and Adolescents With Prader-Willi Syndrome on the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF)

“…As working memory is the EF generally most associated with cognitive ability (Ackerman, Beier, & Boyle, 2005;Friedman et al, 2006) and was the most elevated BRIEF scale in children with mild and moderate intellectual disability (Memisevic & Sinanovic, 2014), we also hypothesized that this scale would be the scale most correlated with our sample's measure of IQ. Finally, we hypothesized that impairment scores would be higher for children with the UPD form of PWS due to greater instances of autistic and early psychotic symptoms in this subtype .…”

“…Comparison to the ASD and ID data is exploratory and will be descriptive in nature. The data for these comparisons were collected from Gioia, Isquith, Kenworthy, and Barton (2002) and Memisevic and Sinanovic (2014).…”