Investigating the Patterns of Attention Performance in Children With Mathematical Learning Disorder, With Using “Test of Everyday Attention for Children”

Kasirian, Nasim; Mirzaie, Hooshang; Pishyareh, Ebrahim; Farahbod, Mojgan

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Investigating the Patterns of Attention Performance in Children With Mathematical Learning Disorder, With Using “Test of Everyday Attention for Children”

Nasim Kasirian¹

, Hooshang Mirzaie

², Ebrahim Pishyareh¹

, Mojgan Farahbod³

1- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , hooshang_mirzaie@yahoo.com
3- Exceptional Children’s Research Institute, Institute for Educational Studies, Tehran, Iran.

Keywords: Test of Everyday Attention for Children, Sustained, Selective, Control attention, Mathematics learning disorder

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