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Leanne Tamm; Elizabeth Hamik; Tat Shing Yeung; Allison K. Zoromski; Constance A. Mara; Amie Duncan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Executive functioning (EF) deficits, such as challenges with planning, organization, and materials management, negatively impact academic performance, particularly for middle-school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without intellectual disability (ID). The aim was to assess the initial efficacy of the school-based version of the…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Mastery Learning, Executive Function, Intervention
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St. John, Tanya; Dawson, Geraldine; Estes, Annette – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The contributions of Executive Function (EF) to academic achievement in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are not well understood. Academic achievement and its association with EF is described in 32, 9-year-old children with ASD. EF at age 6 and 9, and academic achievement at age 9 were assessed as part of a larger longitudinal study.…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
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Dijkhuis, Renée; de Sonneville, Leo; Ziermans, Tim; Staal, Wouter; Swaab, Hanna – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Many students with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) attending higher education drop out prematurely. The predictive value of self-reported daily executive functioning (EF) and (cognitive) performance-based EF (mental flexibility and working memory) for academic progress was evaluated in 54 young adults with ASD (M[subscript age] = 22.5, SD = 2.4,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Executive Function