Computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation/improvement of selective-divided attention in individuals with down syndrome

The present study aims at determining the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation using the computer in improving selective and divided attention in individuals with Down Syndrome. The study was conducted with a semi-experimental design of the single-testee type with several baselines. Nine patients with down syndrome were selected based on a convenience method. Then, the testees were placed on three baselines, and after the three-, five- and seven-week baselines were terminated, the testees were allowed to randomly enter treatment. The intervention took 20 sessions to complete. To investigate and assess the cognitive variables, the testees were evaluated based on Voxler’s Intelligence test (direct-inverse digit span) as well as Tower of London, continuous functioning, Stroop effect, and Corsi’s cubes tests. The visual statistical analyses are reflective of the idea that the testees’ scores have not changed in the impact size and improvement percentage. The results signified that cognitive rehabilitation is effective in improving the cognitive deficits (selective and divided attention types) amongst children and adolescents with Down Syndrome.