Table III.

Neurocognitive Abilities over Time

	Intervention Group (n=15)						Standard Care Group (n=17)						Between Group***
	Post-Intervention* Change Score			Follow-up** Change Score			Post-Intervention* Change Score			Follow-up** Change Score
	Mean	SD	p value	Mean	SD	p value	Mean	SD	p value	Mean	SD	p value	p value
Intellectual Functioning
Verbal1	2.8	11.58	0.37	3.7	7.98	0.09	−3.5	10.45	0.19	0.1	15.18	0.98	0.30
Perceptual1	−1.2	8.60	0.60	2.9	13.41	0.41	−2.5	7.93	0.21	−6.5	16.37	0.12	0.24
Processing Speed2	−3.1	13.88	0.44	−4.2	12.74	0.25	−5.5	9.05	0.7	−8.3	10.91	0.03a	0.68
Academic Functioning
Reading3	2.1	11.05	0.47	1.6	9.37	0.60	0.4	16.69	0.92	0.5	15.46	0.91	0.20
Calculation3	12.1	11.79	0.003a	6.0	17.05	0.32	−1.36	15.47	0.78	−4.4	10.20	0.29	0.07
Applied Mathematics3	10.0	9.89	0.002 a	11.5	7.26	0.001 a	−1.9	6.02	0.20	−1.1	14.45	0.81	<0.001b
Spelling3	2.6	11.96	0.41	−2.9	9.93	0.38	−1.4	9.71	0.56	−6.0	14.70	0.21	0.37
Working Memory
Verbal4	1.4	9.64	0.55	3.5	13.03	0.31	−1.9	10.65	0.46	−1.0	11.09	0.72	0.65
Visual4	2.20	13.92	0.56	11.9	17.25	0.02 a	1.4	14.79	0.70	−5.0	14.33	0.17	0.009 b
Visual and Motor
Motor Dexterity5	0.5	19.73	0.93	1.6	19.30	0.75	0.5	21.53	0.93	−2.0	20.74	0.70	0.84
Visual-Motor Integration6	1.2	15.48	0.77	−6.2	16.54	0.17	−0.1	9.41	0.96	−8.7	14.13	0.02 a	0.35

Post-Intervention* p-values reflect comparison between Baseline and Post-Intervention score. Follow-up** p-values reflect comparison between Baseline and Follow-up score. Between Group*** p-value associated with repeated measures analysis of variance for between group effect. Values of statistical significance are given in bold.

^aPaired sample T-test.

^bRepeated measures analysis of variance.

¹Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence[38];

²Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Third Edition[39];

³Woodcock-Johnson III: Tests of Achievement[43];

⁴Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition[40];

⁵Purdue Pegboard[42];

⁶Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration[41]