Working memory training in children with neuropsychiatric disorders and mild to borderline intellectual disabilities
- Conditions
- - mild intellectual functioning<br />- borderline intellectual functioning<br />- neuropsychiatric disorders: adhd and asd<br />- behavioral problems<br />- neurocognitive functioning<br />- school achievement
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON21467
- Lead Sponsor
- Karakter
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children aged between 10 years/0 months and 13 years/11 months, known in psychiatric health care and/or special education.
2. Neuropsychiatric disorders (ADHD, ASD, or a combination of those two), classified by the DSM-IV/ DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 2000, 2013).
Exclusion Criteria
1. Treatment at an inpatient or day treatment clinic.
2. Regular use of other medication than for ADHD or ASD
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary objective is to investigate the effect of a less intensive but prolonged Cogmed© RM working memory training with active personalized coaching and feedback in children with MBID and neuropsychiatric disorders, compared to a less intensive but prolonged RM Cogmed © working memory training without personalized (only general non-personalized coaching) coaching and feedback, on neurocognitive functioning measured with the span-board task.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary, the effect of active personalized coaching will be investigated on various other neurocognitive functioning domains (working memory and executive functioning), academic achievements (arithmetic and reading) and behavioural problems and parenting style.