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Direct linkNah, Yong-Hwee; Chen, Mo; Poon, Kenneth Kin-Loong – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2022
It has been reported that there is a rise in the number of individuals being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Singapore along with evolving changes in public awareness, attitudes, and levels of financial support occurring in the field in recent years. As such, this column presents the current status and issues related to the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Foreign Countries, Public Opinion
Micai, Martina; Ciaramella, Antonio; Salvitti, Tommaso; Fulceri, Francesca; Fatta, Laura Maria; Poustka, Luise; Diehm, Robert; Iskrov, Georgi; Stefanov, Rumen; Guillon, Quentin; Rogé, Bernadette; Staines, Anthony; Sweeney, Mary Rose; Boilson, Andrew Martin; Leósdóttir, Thora; Saemundsen, Evald; Moilanen, Irma; Ebeling, Hanna; Yliherva, Anneli; Gissler, Mika; Parviainen, Tarja; Tani, Pekka; Kawa, Rafal; Vicente, Astrid; Rasga, Célia; Budisteanu, Magdalena; Dale, Ian; Povey, Carol; Flores, Noelia; Jenaro, Cristina; Monroy, Maria Luisa; Primo, Patricia García; Charman, Tony; Cramer, Susanne; Warberg, Christine Kloster; Canal-Bedia, Ricardo; Posada, Manuel; Scattoni, Maria Luisa; Schendel, Diana – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
The Autism Spectrum Disorders in the European Union (ASDEU) survey investigated local services' use experiences of autistic adults, carers and professionals with interventions for autistic adults. The majority of the 697 participants experienced recommended considerations prior to deciding on intervention and during the intervention plan and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adults
Laister, Dominik; Stammler, Magdalena; Vivanti, Giacomo; Holzinger, Daniel – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
In children with autism spectrum disorder, atypical gesture use is a core deficit with consequences for social learning, social interaction, and language development. Little is known about the relevance of early gesture use in predicting developmental outcomes of children receiving early interventions targeting social-communicative behaviors such…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Nonverbal Communication, Predictor Variables
Liao, Yini; Dillenburger, Karola; Hu, Xiaoyi – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
This study explored the experiences of professionals and parents from the United Kingdom and China of autism-relevant policies, school involvement, and applied behavior analysis-based interventions. Semistructured interviews involving 36 parents and professionals and direct behavioral observations were carried out of five parents and three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Autism
Kent, Cally; Cordier, Reinie; Joosten, Annette; Wilkes-Gillan, Sarah; Bundy, Anita – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Peer-mediated interventions (PMIs) are often used to support children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to develop social skills. However, more investigation is needed to better understand the role of peers as both intervention recipients and models. Sixty-five typically developing peers who participated in a PMI for children with ASD were…
Descriptors: Peer Mediation, Intervention, Play, Autism
Cheung, Phoebe P. P.; Brown, Ted; Yu, Mong-lin; Siu, Andrew M. H. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
This study evaluates the efficacy of a school-based social cognitive intervention for children with autism. Seventy-four children and adolescents were taught visually scaffolded, theory of mind-based social skills program. Using a mixed-methods approach, children's social competence was assessed at pre-test and post-test. Compared to a waitlist…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Foreign Countries, Autism
Saral, Dincer; Ulke-Kurkcuoglu, Burcu – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2022
We examined the effects of the least-to-most prompting (LTM) procedure with contingent imitation (CI) on increasing the frequency and diversity of pretend play in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using a multiple probe across toy sets single-case research design. Three children with ASD ages 5 to 6 years took part in the study. LTM was…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Play, Imagination
Sinai-Gavrilov, Yana; Gev, Tali; Mor-Snir, Irit; Vivanti, Giacomo; Golan, Ofer – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Early intensive intervention has been shown to significantly affect the development of children with autism spectrum disorder. However, the costly implementation of such interventions limits their wide dissemination in the community. This study examined an integration of the Early Start Denver Model into community preschool programs for children…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children
Lee, Gabrielle T.; Hu, Xiaoyi; Liu, Yanhong; Yang, Zijin – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2021
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often lack symbolic play skills. Attribution of pretend properties (APP) is a type of symbolic play in which a child tacts pretend properties of an object (e.g., smelling a toy flower and saying, "It smells like a rose!"). Three Chinese boys (5-6 years of age) with ASD served as participants.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Males, Autism
Zhu, Jing; Hua, Youjia; Yuan, Chengan – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2020
In order to ensure the effects of early intensive behavioral interventions for children with autism, performance feedback is often used to improve procedural integrity. However, in areas where access to professionals is limited, onsite feedback may not be feasible. Researchers suggest that providing remote feedback may improve procedural…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Early Intervention, Behavior Modification, Autism
Alfageh, Basmah H.; Man, Kenneth K. C.; Besag, Frank M. C.; Alhawassi, Tariq M.; Wong, Ian C. K.; Brauer, Ruth – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong disorder. In the UK, risperidone is the only psychotropic medication approved for the management of the behavioural symptoms that may accompany autism. This is a population-based study aimed to provide an evaluation of the changing trend in the incidence and prevalence of ASD and to analyse the pattern…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Drug Therapy, Behavior Problems
Hassani, Fahimeh; Shahrbanian, Shahnaz; Shahidi, Seyed Houtan; Sheikh, Mahmoud – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by deficits in social communication, interaction, and stereotypical behaviours. Children with ASD have not enough opportunities to participate in physical activity (PA), which lead to increase fitness and health problem. The aim of this study was to compare two…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Psychomotor Skills
Tsang, Brenda; Leung, Cecilia Nga Wing; Chan, Raymond Won Shing – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Social competence training for individuals with comorbid autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability was scarce and had methodological limitations in sample sizes and outcome measures. Aims: The current study addressed the limitations and reported a social competence intervention for adolescents and adults with ASD and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intellectual Disability
Bendik, Lesley-Anne; Spicer-White, Freya – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
This research explored parents' lived experience of the autism spectrum disorder assessment process when a diagnosis was "not" received. Six mothers and one stepfather were interviewed and transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The identified themes: 'My child is different', The emotional and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Parent Attitudes
Hodges, Amy; Cordier, Reinie; Joosten, Annette; Bourke-Taylor, Helen – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2022
School participation and connectedness have significant implications for student outcomes while at school and in later life. The need to develop evidence-based interventions to proactively support students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is imperative. A two-round Delphi technique was used to gain expert consensus to inform the development of…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Elementary School Students
