title: Profiles of everyday executive functioning in young children with down syndrome.
abstract: We investigated executive functioning (EF) in children with Down syndrome (DS; n  =  25) and typically developing (TD) children matched for mental age (MA; n  =  23) using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Preschool. We sought to (1) compare children with DS to a developmentally matched control group, and (2) to characterize the EF profile of children with DS. Across teacher and parent reports, significant deficits in working memory and planning were observed in the DS group. Parents, but not teachers, of children with DS also reported difficulties in inhibitory control relative to the comparison group. Results extend earlier findings regarding EF impairments in children with DS. The complementary role inhibitory control may play in this profile is discussed.
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Daunhauer
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Fidler
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Will
authors.forename: Nancy Raitano
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hepburn
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Down syndrome; cognition; executive function; trisomy 21