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Einat Waizbard; Emilio Ferrer; Meghan Miller; Brianna Heath; Derek S. Andrews; Sally J. Rogers; Christine Wu Nordahl; Marjorie Solomon; David G. Amaral – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Girls, more than boys, experience a decrease in the severity of autism symptoms during childhood. It is unclear, however, which specific autistic behaviors change more for girls than for boys. Trajectories of autism symptoms were evaluated using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-calibrated severity scores (ADOS-CSS). Change in the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Severity (of Disability), Gender Differences
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Laurel R. Benjamin; Aubyn C. Stahmer; Anna Lau; Lauren Brookman-Frazee – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
This study sought to characterize caregiver concerns for autistic children receiving care in two public service systems--schools and mental health programs--and to identify child and family characteristics associated with these concerns. Caregivers of 353 school-age autistic children in mental health services (n = 192) or schools (n = 161) named,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Students with Disabilities
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Sweeney, Dwight P.; Gilliam, James E.; Nicolaou, Maria; Akimoto, Maria Elena; Yerolkar, Kshitija – Preventing School Failure, 2023
To date, most studies seeking to explore the impact of COVID-19 school closures on student outcomes have focused on cognitive/academic losses. This study explores changes in adaptive behaviors experienced by children and youth with autism spectrum disorders or other developmental disabilities when in-person, one-to-one behavior training was…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Change, Achievement Gains, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Jan Blacher; Abbey Eisenhower – Exceptional Children, 2023
Viewed through a social justice lens, preschool expulsion is an educational equity issue. This study focused on prior expulsion from preschool and child-care in a longitudinal study of 203 autistic children, ages 4 to 7. By parent report, 16%--one out of six autistic children--had been expelled from a preschool or child-care setting prior to…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Expulsion, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems