et them grow: a new intensive and multimodal treatment for children with borderline intellectual functioning based on movement, cognition and narration of emotions
- Conditions
- Borderline Intellectual Functioning (BIF)Mental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN81710297
- Lead Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Gnocchi - Centro IRCCS S. Maria Nascente
- Brief Summary
2017 protocol in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28427388 2020 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32373025 (added 11/05/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
1. Aged between 6 to 11 years old and attending primary mainstream school
2. Full Scale Intelligence Quotient score ranging from 71 to 85 determined with the WISC-III
3. Presence of learning disabilities assessed with the standardized test battery for developmental dyslexia and dysorthographia and dyscalculia
4. Difficulties in executive functions and or verbal comprehension assessed with Modified Barrage bell test;Tower of London (TOL) and the Test of Reception of Grammar (TROG2)
5. Presence of an impact on daily life of the above mentioned difficulties as measure by the Child Behavioral Checklist and Vineland2
1. Presence of major neuropsychiatric disorders (such as ADHD and autism spectrum disorder)
2. Presence of neurological conditions:epilepsy; traumatic brain injury; brain malformations; infectious disease involving the central nervous system
3. Presence of systemic diseases such as diabetes or dysimmune disorders
4. Presence of genetic syndromes such as Down syndrome or Fragile X syndrome
5. Positive history for psychoactive drugs, particularly referring to current or past use of psychostimulants, neuroleptics, antidepressants, benzodiazepines and antiepileptic drugs
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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