Brain Plasticity Underlying Acquisition of New Organizational Skills in Children

Exclusion Criteria

• •Enrolled in a self-contained special education classroom or served by a 1:1 paraprofessional in their classroom
• •Absence of signed consent by parent or legal guardian
• •Children who dissent regardless of parental permission
• •Full scale IQ \< 85
• •Children with a recent (past 6 months) or current history of neuroleptic treatment or current treatment with psychotropic medications other than stimulants
• •Per history (and medical records if needed) medical illness requiring chronic current treatment
• •History of intrathecal chemotherapy or focal cranial irradiation
• •Premature birth (\< 32 weeks estimated gestational age or birth weight \< 1500g)
• •History of leukomalacia or static encephalopathy, intracerebral hemorrhage beyond grade 2, other specific or focal neurological or metabolic disorder including epilepsy (except for resolved febrile seizures)
• •History of traumatic brain injury
• •Contraindication for MRI scanning (metal implants, pacemakers, metal foreign bodies or pregnancy)