Fragile-X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited intellectual disability (ID) and affects 0.7-3.0% of intellectually compromised population of unknown etiology worldwide. It is mostly caused by repeat expansion mutations in the FMR1 at chromosome Xq27.3. The present study aimed to develop molecular diagnostic tools for a better detection of FXS, to assess implementation of diagnost...

The advancement of the microlearning method has been prevalent and facilitates pedagogical approach to develop students' critical thinking in 21st-century learning. However, research into English learning materials for speaking, particularly microlearning-based speaking mildly intellectually disabled students, is limited. Thus, this study reports existence scripts English-speaking 8th graders i...

PURPOSE A blind, severely intellectually impaired boy aged 17 with Down syndrome and persistent serious challenging behavior received attachment-based behavior modification treatment. The aim was to study the effect of the treatment and the development of the therapeutic attachment relationship. METHOD In a single-case study, attachment therapy sessions alternated with control sessions. Treat...

The article deals with methods and of teaching children intellectual disabilities to communicate, conducting corrective work, forming their social communicative skills. Because through communication, the child gets know himself world around him. This is an urgent problem, adaptation, socialization training a complex process. Today, needs learn skills in order successfully adapt. Adaptation phen...

This study aimed to investigate two aspects of sustained attention in intellectually gifted children: first, the differences to intellectually average children; second, the differences between receiving standard education and enrichment education. Study 1 compared sustained attention between 24 intellectually gifted and 26 intellectually average children. The results showed that intellectually ...