title: Candidate socioemotional remediation program for individuals with intellectual disability.
abstract: The authors developed a computerized program, Vis-à-Vis (VAV), to improve socioemotional functioning and working memory in children with developmental disabilities. The authors subsequently tested whether participants showed signs of improving the targeted skills. VAV is composed of three modules: Focus on the Eyes, Emotion Recognition and Understanding, and Working Memory. Ten children with idiopathic developmental delay completed four 20-min weekly sessions of VAV for 12 weeks with an adult. Participants were evaluated before (Time 0) and after (Time 1) training and 6 months after remediation (Time 2). Subjects improved on all three modules during training and on emotion recognition and nonverbal reasoning post-VAV. These gains were still present at Time 2. VAV is a promising new tool for working on socioemotional impairments in hard-to-treat pediatric populations.
authors.affiliation: University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. bronwyn.glaser@unige.ch
authors.forename: Bronwyn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: Amelie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lothe
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chabloz
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dukes
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pasca
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Redoute
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eliez
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D032882:Comprehension; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000379:methods*; D004644:Emotions; D005123:Eye; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D012919:Social Behavior; D012984:Software