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Mindy Scheithauer; Joanna Lomas Mevers; Lawrence Scahill; Sarah Slocum Freeman; Colin Muething; Chelsea Rock; Scott Gillespie; Laura Johnson; Nathan Call – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Elopement is a common and dangerous behavior among autistic children. Behavioral treatments can reduce elopement, but most evidence comes from small-N evaluations in specialized settings with strategies varying across studies. The current study compared the efficacy of the caregiver-mediated function-based elopement treatment to parent education…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Preadolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Shurtz, Logan; Schwartz, Chloe; DiStefano, Charlotte; McPartland, James C.; Levin, April R.; Dawson, Geraldine; Kleinhans, Natalia M.; Faja, Susan; Webb, Sara J.; Shic, Frederick; Naples, Adam J.; Seow, Helen; Bernier, Raphael A.; Chawarska, Katarzyna; Sugar, Catherine A.; Dziura, James; Senturk, Damla; Santhosh, Megha; Jeste, Shafali S. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Children with autism spectrum disorder are prescribed various medications to address behavior and mood. In clinical trials, individuals taking concomitant psychotropic medications often are excluded to maintain homogeneity and prevent contamination of clinical endpoints. However, this choice may compromise the representativeness of the sample. In…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Drug Therapy, Incidence, Child Behavior
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Carr, Themba; Lord, Catherine – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the stability of mothers' perceptions of the negative impact of having a child with ASD in a sample of African American and Caucasian families as their children transitioned to early adolescence. Participants were mothers and children participating in an ongoing longitudinal study of children referred for…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Parent Attitudes, Pervasive Developmental Disorders