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Maria Camila Londono; Carmen Dionne; Carl Lacharité – Journal of Early Intervention, 2025
Executive functions (EFs) are cognitive skills that begin developing in early life and are crucial for children's overall development and daily task performance. Generally, EFs are assessed through standardized neuropsychological tests, which may not always accurately capture real-world application. To overcome this limitation, alternative methods…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Rating Scales, Young Children, Cognitive Development
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Janssen, Lonneke; Scheper, Annette; De Groot, Martina; Daamen, Katja; Willemsen, Margot; Vissers, Constance; Verhoeven, Ludo – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2020
The current research investigated the effectiveness of a narrative intervention method aiming to improve oral narrative ability in 8- to 10-year-old children with developmental language disorder (DLD) (n = 6). Oral narrative ability was assessed through a narrative retelling and a narrative generation task of which both the narrative…
Descriptors: Intervention, Personal Narratives, Story Telling, Cooperative Learning
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Blom, Elma; Boerma, Tessel – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Many children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have weaknesses in executive functioning (EF), specifically in tasks testing interference control and working memory. It is unknown how EF develops in children with DLD, if EF abilities are related to DLD severity and persistence, and if EF weaknesses expand to selective attention.…
Descriptors: Young Children, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Interference (Learning)