Objectives: Individuals with FASD have problems in behaviour and adaptive functioning, and there is increasing evidence that impairments in executive function underlie many of the neuropsychological problems. Moreover, children with FASD show greater impairment performing more complex executive function tasks compared with less complex tasks. In a previous study evaluating the effects of a motor skill development program (FAST Club), we demonstrated that children with FASD showed improvements in tasks that involve executive function, such as the Children’s Color Trails Test and saccadic eye movements after 8 weeks of the program, with effects being evident only in the parts of these tests requiring more complex tasks. The current study extends this work by examining the effect of our program on the NEPSY-II, which assesses various domains of neurocognitive function.
