Project
Memory in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. Carmen Rasmussen, University of Alberta; email: carmen@ualberta.ca
Start/End Date: January 2006 – August 2007
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Brief Description: The objective of this study is to examine memory in children with FASD.
First, we will examine the types of memory strategies young children with FASD (aged 4 to 11 years) use when remembering pictures. Second, we will examine whether teaching children with FASD rehearsal memory strategies improves their memory, and whether any improvements are sustained over time. We hypothesize that children with FASD will not show the same developmental transition in strategy use as evident on non-FASD children. We also expect that teaching children with FASD a rehearsal strategy will improve their memory performance and that these improvements will be sustained with time.
Time Frame: ongoing
Kind of Project: research
Population Served: urban and some rural
Publications:
Rasmussen C, Loomes C, Manji S, Pei J, & Andrew G (Sept 2006). Rehearsal training improves working memory in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Poster presented at the Fetal Alcohol Canadian Expertise annual meeting, Moncton, NB
Loomes C, Rasmussen C, Pei J, Manji S & Andrew G (2006). Rehearsal training improves working memory in young children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Manuscript submitted under review
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