| Improving self-regulation and executive functioning skills in primary school children in a remote Australian Aboriginal community : A pilot study of the Alert Program.
| Wagner, Bree
Olson, Heather Carmichael
Symons, Martyn
Mazzucchelli, Trevor G.
Jirikowic, Tracy
Latimer, Jane
Watkins, Rochelle
Cross, Donna
Boulton, John
Wright, Edie
Carter, Maureen
Bruce, Kaashifah
Cherel, Sue
Fitzpatrick, James | 2019 |
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Title: Improving self-regulation and executive functioning skills in primary school children in a remote Australian Aboriginal community : A pilot study of the Alert Program.
Author(s): Wagner, Bree | Olson, Heather Carmichael | Symons, Martyn | Mazzucchelli, Trevor G. | Jirikowic, Tracy | Latimer, Jane | Watkins, Rochelle | Cross, Donna | Boulton, John | Wright, Edie | Carter, Maureen | Bruce, Kaashifah | Cherel, Sue | Fitzpatrick, James |
Journal Details: Australian Journal of Education v.63 n.1 p.98-115
Published: April 2019
ISSN: 0004-9441
Abstract: Self-regulation and executive functioning impairments are common in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Given the high rates of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder identified amongst children living in the remote Fitzroy Valley region of Western Australia, the Alert Program was identified as a culturally safe intervention for use in local primary schools. Researchers collaborated with Aboriginal Elders, community members, and staff from a Fitzroy Valley primary school to trial the Alert Program. Teachers were trained to deliver eight Alert Program lessons to children in class. Self-regulation and executive functioning were measured using teacher and parent/caregiver questionnaires three times. Data were analysed using repeated-measures ANOVA. Teacher-led delivery of the Alert Program was feasible in a region with high fetal alcohol spectrum disorder rates. As measured by teacher and parent/caregiver ratings, this curriculum may improve the self-regulation and executive functioning of children for some outcomes and provide sustained effects for some children. This community partnered pilot research, evaluated a school-based program to reduce the behavioural impact of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and informed design of a larger trial across eight Aboriginal community schools. [Author abstract]
URL (conditional access) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004944119826206
http://cunningham.acer.edu.au/inted/fulltext_available_shortly.htm
Record No: 223128 From EdResearch online
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| Persistence in high school : experiences of adolescents and young adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
| Duquette, C.
Stodel, E.
Fullarton, S.
Hagglund, K. | 2006 |
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Title: Persistence in high school : experiences of adolescents and young adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Author(s): Duquette, C. | Stodel, E. | Fullarton, S. | Hagglund, K. |
Journal Details: Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability v.31 n.4 p.219-231
Published: December 2006
ISSN: 1366-8250
Abstract: This study examined persistence in high school among students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) from the perspective of the adolescents themselves. Tinto's Student Integration Model (SIM) provided the theoretical framework for the research. This model consists of three factors: background characteristics, academic integration, and social integration. A collective case study method involving 8 adolescents with FASD from Canada and the United States was used. Although the students did not meet the usual academic standards and had acquaintances rather than friends, they perceived themselves as academically and socially successful. It was shown that persistence occurred largely because of the strong support of, and advocacy by, the adoptive parents. Parental advocacy is an environmental factor that may protect adolescents with FASD from dropping out of high school. [Author abstract, ed]
URL (conditional access) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13668250601031930
Record No: 156987 From EdResearch online
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