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Sappok, Tanja; Budczies, Jan; Dziobek, Isabel; Bölte, Sven; Dosen, Anton; Diefenbacher, Albert – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) show high rates of challenging behavior (CB). The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the factors underlying CB in an adult, clinical ID sample (n = 203). Low levels of emotional development (ED), as measured by the "Scheme of Appraisal of ED," predicted overall CB, specifically…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Behavior Problems, Adults, Emotional Development
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Wagner, George C.; Reuhl, Kenneth R.; Cheh, Michelle; McRae, Paulette; Halladay, Alycia K. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
Autism symptoms, including impairments in language development, social interactions, and motor skills, have been difficult to model in rodents. Since children exposed in utero to sodium valproate (VPA) demonstrate behavioral and neuroanatomical abnormalities similar to those seen in autism, the neurodevelopmental effects of this antiepileptic…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Autism, Animals, Self Destructive Behavior