Shaping Executive Functions of Neurodiverse Children Through Digital Technologies

Executive functions are critical for adaptive responses in new and complex contexts. However, research indicates the presence of deficits in executive functions neurodiverse children. In this chapter, we synthesize evidence on the current digital technologies employed in training executive functions in neurodiverse children, such as autistic individuals, intellectual disabled children, dyslexic children, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children. The chapter concludes considering some of the limitations inComputerized executive function training computerized trainings of executive functions, as well as some future directions of research on this topic.