The Research of Intelligence and Specific Developmental Disorders in Children

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on intelligence and specific developmental disorders in children. The aim is to collect articles that focus on the following areas: (1) intelligence, (2) executive functions (including self-regulation of action and of affect/emotion), and (3) specific developmental disorders in child development.

This Issue may include studies that focus on one of these areas or focus on links between the mentioned developmental domains. These may be clinical studies or studies that address the causes and consequences of specific developmental disorders, for example:

• IQ profiles (and executive functions) of children with learning disorders (or other developmental disorders);
• Executive functions and speech and language development;
• Self-regulation/executive function as predictor of academic achievement.

Our goal for this issue is to collect recent empirical studies to provide an up-to-date overview and an extension of the state of research. The abovementioned developmental domains play an important role in children’s healthy mental development and success at school. We therefore welcome studies that identify new approaches to the diagnosis, prevention, or intervention for children with specific developmental disorders. However, we also welcome contributions to research on the relationship of intelligence, executive functions, and specific developmental disorders. This topic could also highlight the relationship between cognitive and social–emotional problems in these disorders.

Prof. Dr. Monika Daseking
Prof. Dr. Ute Koglin
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Children is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.