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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Autistic youth"”.
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Therapeutic Process Factors in Mental Health Treatment for Autistic Youth
… for addressing mental health challenges for some autistic youth, but a sizeable portion of youth who take part in mental health treatment do not demonstrate clinically meaningful improvement. Examining therapeutic process factors may provide insight as to why some youth benefit from treatment, …
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A Mixed Methods Investigation of Autistic and Community Provider Perspectives on Adapting Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Autistic Youth
… clinicians report low confidence in treating autistic youth for such internalizing conditions, and autistic individuals often report that psychotherapy does not meet their needs. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) adapted for autistic youth shows promise in reducing symptomology of …
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Introducing the Let’s Face It! Scrapbook app: Social eye processing training for improving face-to-face social interactions in autistic youth
… replications design. In active training, 12 autistic youth received 4.5 hours of Let’s Face It! Scrapbook app: Social Eye Processing Training (LFI - SEPT) over 3 weeks. Active training included participation in weekly small group learning sessions where research facilitators introduced and …
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Autistic Youth Experiences of Coerced Assimilation in the Context of Enforced "Social Skills" Practice: Findings and recommendations from a mixed-methods participatory analysis project
Autistic youth are driven by people around them (peers, educators, authorities) to perform “normality” overtop of themselves to avoid ostracization and punishment — this is Autistic Masking. Sometimes, masking of Autistic traits is formally taught through “Social Skills” classes or therapies. This …
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The Impact of Birth Order on Language Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Simplex Families
… have interesting ramifications when considering autistic children, as language impairments are characteristic of the disorder. The current study investigated the impact of birth order, in particular having an older, typically-developing sibling, on vocabulary and social language development in …
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Listening to Build Rapport: Developing and Evaluating a Virtual Training Package to Teach Community Practitioners Active Listening Skills
Transition-aged autistic youth experience unique challenges (e.g., developing and maintaining social relationships) during the transition to adulthood, and their parents do too (e.g., significant physical and emotional health stressors). Transitioning Together (TT) is an effective family-focused …
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Understanding Barriers to Healthcare for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Preliminary Measure Validation Study
… behavioral healthcare needs. However, parents of autistic children consistently report difficulty accessing necessary services, and no instrument has been validated to assess and quantify these barriers for autistic children. The current study aims to adapt and validate the Barriers to Care …
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Raising A Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Examining the Influence of Parental Stress, Racial Discrimination, and Law Enforcement Interactions on Racial Socialization Practices among Black Families
… officers (LEOs) come into contact with autistic youth despite limited police training on the neurodevelopmental disability. The stress is particularly relevant for Black parents raising an autistic child due to the concerns related to ASD symptoms in addition to their racially …
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Self management of daily life tasks in diploma-track youth with disabilities
Academically capable youth with disabilities often have daily functioning challenges that impact adulthood outcomes. The studies in this dissertation address this concern by focusing specifically on a particular area of challenge: the ability to take over the decision making, problem solving, and …
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The effect of a classroom wide positive behavior support used simultaneously with individualized intervention to students with ASD
This study examined the effect that a classroom-wide positive behavior support (CW-PBS) has on decreasing the inappropriate behaviors of students with autism. In addition, individualized positive behavior strategies (e.g. teaching replacement behavior, self-monitoring) were provided simultaneously …
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Using social networking to increase independent social functioning in a student with autism
The purpose of this study was to examine if engaging a student on a social networking site with his peers would increase social functioning in other settings. In this study social interactions were measured by reciprocating greetings, initiating greetings, and total numbers of social interactions …
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A comparison of functional behaviour assessment rating scales in a sample of children and youth with autism spectrum disorders
… by parent informants in a sample of children and youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who display challenging behaviour. Results indicated that there was low agreement between the functional hypotheses derived from each of three measures. In addition, correlations between functionally …