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Aim and Background: The present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of executive functions training (response inhibition) on the attention of preschool children with developmental coordination disorder in Isfahan city, Iran. Methods and Materials: The study population consisted of all the preschool children (5-6 years old) with developmental coordination disorder. Purposive sampling method was used. The subjects were three preschool children who had a diagnosis of developmental coordination disorder symptoms. Data collection tools included: (NEPSY neuropsychology test) neuropsychology test, Conner’s parent rating scale, Wechsler intelligence scale for children, basic motor ability tests and clinical interview. A single-subject method with multiple baseline design (MBD) research methodology was used too. The intervention started right after the baseline condition and 10 individual sessions of response inhibition executive functions training was given to them afterwards. Findings: The results of the data chart analysis based on descriptive statistics and visual analysis indices revealed that the intervention was effective on the three participants (respectively PND 100%, 90% and 70% for test number one, two and three). Conclusions: The results of the present study showed that by response inhibition executive functions training, the rate of attention deficit can be reduced and the rate of academic performance can be improved.

Keywords: Executive functions, Response inhibition, Attention, Developmental coordination disorder, Single-subject research

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