Parent-Child EF Intervention

The intervention is an in-home cognition training system that provides parents with a modular series of short, easy-to-follow, collaborative cognitive training activities they will share with their child to address the needs of families with young children identified with deficits in executive function (EF), a critical cognitive process associated with self-control. The system employs a novel two-generational training model that views parental involvement as a critical component of the intervention process. In this model, an engaging, parent-facing smartphone application will deliver personalized daily training activities consisting of both traditional hands-on activities as well as collaborative, parent-controlled, child-facing video games. This approach supports multiple pathways for learning and building strong personal relationships between parent and child.