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Direct linkMoore, Timothy R.; Symons, Frank J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
The extent to which parents of children with intellectual or developmental disabilities are adherent to prescribed treatments has not been investigated. In this treatment adherence study, parents (n = 220) of children with autism spectrum disorders were surveyed regarding implementation of recommended treatments to manage problem behavior of their…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Marital Status, Developmental Disabilities, Parents
Gibson, Jennifer A.; Grey, Ian M.; Hastings, Richard P. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
Very little is known about factors potentially affecting the performance of therapists delivering applied behavior analysis (ABA) interventions for young children with autism. Eighty-one therapists working in ABA schools participated in a questionnaire study focused on their reports of burnout and perceived therapeutic self-efficacy in their work…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Autism, Burnout, Supervisors
Reddy, Linda A.; Pfeiffer, Steven I. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
To examine the behavioral and emotional difficulties of 73 children and adolescents with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), mental retardation-only, and dual diagnosis (i.e., mental retardation and psychiatrically disordered) on the Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders (DSMD: Naglieri, LeBuffe, & Pfeiffer, "Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders" (DSMD) San…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Adolescents, Children, Mental Disorders
Lopata, Christopher; Thomeer, Marcus L.; Volker, Martin A.; Toomey, Jennifer A.; Nida, Robert E.; Lee, Gloria K.; Smerbeck, Audrey M.; Rodgers, Jonathan D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
This RCT examined the efficacy of a manualized social intervention for children with HFASDs. Participants were randomly assigned to treatment or wait-list conditions. Treatment included instruction and therapeutic activities targeting social skills, face-emotion recognition, interest expansion, and interpretation of non-literal language. A…
Descriptors: Autism, Effect Size, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Therapy
Lukens, Colleen Taylor; Linscheid, Thomas R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
To date, no standardized measures have been developed to evaluate the mealtime behavior of children with autism. The Brief Autism Mealtime Behavior Inventory (BAMBI) was designed to measure mealtime behavior problems observed in children with autism. Caregivers of 40 typically developing children and 68 children with autism completed the BAMBI,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Autism, Caregivers, Validity
Ames, Catherine S.; Jarrold, Chris – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
Individuals with Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience difficulties understanding the non-verbal cues conveyed by others that provide symbolic information about relationships between self, other, and environmental events. This study examined whether these difficulties reflect underlying problems in the identification of temporal…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Cues, Autism, Adolescents
Cotugno, Albert J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
This study examined the effectiveness of a 30 week social competence and social skills group intervention program with children, ages 7-11, diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Eighteen children with ASD were assessed with pretreatment and posttreatment measures on the Walker-McConnell Scale (WMS) and the MGH YouthCare Social Competence…
Descriptors: Autism, Measures (Individuals), Interpersonal Competence, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Brereton, Avril V.; Tonge, Bruce J.; Einfeld, Stewart L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a specific pattern of behavioural, communication and social problems. Additional mental health problems are often poorly understood and undetected. This study investigates the level and pattern of emotional and behavioural problems in young people with autism compared with children with intellectual…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Psychopathology, Young Adults, Autism
Mulligan, Aisling; Anney, Richard J. L; O'Regan, Myra; Chen, Wai; Butler, Louise; Fitzgerald, Michael; Buitelaar, Jan; Steinhausen, Hans-Christoph; Rothenberger, Aribert; Minderaa, Ruud; Nijmeijer, Judith; Hoekstra, Pieter J.; Oades, Robert D.; Roeyers, Herbert; Buschgens, Cathelijne; Christiansen, Hanna; Franke, Barbara; Gabriels, Isabel; Hartman, Catharina; Kuntsi, Jonna; Marco, Rafaela; Meidad, Sheera; Mueller, Ueli; Psychogiou, Lamprini; Rommelse, Nanda; Thompson, Margaret; Uebel, Henrik; Banaschewski, Tobias; Ebstein, Richard; Eisenberg, Jacques; Manor, Iris; Miranda, Ana; Mulas, Fernando; Sergeant, Joseph; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund; Asherson, Phil; Faraone, Stephen V.; Gill, Michael – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
It is hypothesised that autism symptoms are present in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), are familial and index subtypes of ADHD. Autism symptoms were compared in 821 ADHD probands, 1050 siblings and 149 controls. Shared familiality of autism symptoms and ADHD was calculated using DeFries-Fulker analysis. Autism symptoms were higher…
Descriptors: Siblings, Autism, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
Davis, Naomi Ornstein; Carter, Alice S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
Elevated parenting stress is observed among mothers of older children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but little is known about parents of young newly-diagnosed children. Associations between child behavior and parenting stress were examined in mothers and fathers of 54 toddlers with ASD (mean age = 26.9 months). Parents reported elevated…
Descriptors: Mothers, Fathers, Child Rearing, Anxiety
Giannotti, Flavia; Cortesi, Flavia; Cerquiglini, Antonella; Miraglia, Daniela; Vagnoni, Cristina; Sebastiani, Teresa; Bernabei, Paola – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
This study investigated sleep of children with autism and developmental regression and the possible relationship with epilepsy and epileptiform abnormalities. Participants were 104 children with autism (70 non-regressed, 34 regressed) and 162 typically developing children (TD). Results suggested that the regressed group had higher incidence of…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Autism, Sleep, Developmental Disabilities
Peer reviewedHodapp, Robert M.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1997
This study examined stress-support in 42 families of 3- to 18-year-old children with Prader-Willi Syndrome. While children's age, intelligence quotient, and degree of obesity were not related to familial stress, families experienced greater stress when children showed more behavior problems overall, more externalizing and internalizing problems,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Coping, Developmental Disabilities
Jones, Alice P.; Frederickson, Norah – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
This study examined differential profiles of behavioural characteristics predictive of successful inclusion in mainstream education for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and comparison students. Multiple regression analyses using behavioural ratings from parents, teachers and peers found some evidence for differential profiles…
Descriptors: Shyness, Autism, Profiles, Peer Acceptance
Melville, Craig A.; Cooper, Sally-Ann; Morrison, Jill; Smiley, Elita; Allan, Linda; Jackson, Alison; Finlayson, Janet; Mantry, Dipali – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
The prevalence, and incidence, of mental ill-health in adults with intellectual disabilities and autism were compared with the whole population with intellectual disabilities, and with controls, matched individually for age, gender, ability-level, and Down syndrome. Although the adults with autism had a higher point prevalence of problem…
Descriptors: Incidence, Mental Retardation, Autism, Down Syndrome
Martins, Yolanda; Young, Robyn L.; Robson, Danielle C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
Mothers of children aged 2-12 years completed an exhaustive questionnaire assessing feeding and eating behaviors for both themselves and their children with autism, and typically developing siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (where available), or typically developing children with no sibling with a disability. Results indicate that…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mothers, Autism, Eating Habits
