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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"Children with autism spectrum disorders"”.
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Moral development in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
This study examined how children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) judged social actions that involve moral and conventional violations. Past research shows that children with ASD, like their typical peers, judge social actions in the moral domain (e.g., causing harm to another person) to be …
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Examining Sleep Problems in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Sleep problems are prevalent in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities such as autism spectrum disorders. Inadequate sleep can negatively affect the child's daily functioning as well as serve as a source of stress for the child's family. Although there is a growing body of literature aimed …
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Internet use among parents of children with autism spectrum disorders
Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are uniquely stressed by the difficult behaviors of their children which often result in isolation, depression and financial burden. The causes of ASD are not well-understood but are believed to result from a complex interplay between genetic …
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Equine-assisted activities and therapies for children with autism spectrum disorders
… activities and therapies (EAATs) for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Method: This dissertation is composed of two studies. The first study was a systematic mapping review of peer-reviewed literature relevant to EAATs for children with ASD. In conjunction with my research …
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Engagement during animal-assisted therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders
… validation as an effective intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Further, the heterogeneity of symptom patterns inherently present in the ASD diagnosis arguably makes group-level analyses challenging in deciphering true specificity of change from interventions. …
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Parents as play date interventionists for children with autism spectrum disorders
Teaching children with autism to interact with their typically developing peers can be a challenge. Previous research has documented that there are many effective ways to teach social interaction; however, these interventions were implemented almost exclusively by trained professionals. The purpose …
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Understanding Attention and Intermodal Processing Difficulties in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Problems with social orienting, attention, and intermodal processing (IMP) involving social events are considered to be important deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study aimed to better understand how difficulties in attention are associated with IMP difficulties …
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Physiological Arousal and Social Linguistic Perception in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
… and communicative impairments in individuals with ASD may be related to difficulties in processing social linguistic information. Processing such information may be more difficult for individuals with ASD because they experience increased arousal in social situations. The objective of this …
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Occupational therapists management of negative behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders
… during therapy sessions to modify behavior in children with autism spectrum disorders. The study also examined the therapists' and parents' perception of the effectiveness of these strategies. The study data was collected using two surveys, both developed by the researcher. A written survey was …
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Ability of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders to Identify Emotional Facial Expressions
Previous research on emotion identification in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) has demonstrated inconsistent results. While some studies have cited a deficit in emotion identification for individuals with ASD compared to controls, others have failed to find a difference. Many studies have used …
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A longitudinal study of lexical development in young children with autism spectrum disorders
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have deficits in communication and delays in language development, but there have been few studies of their vocabulary. This study compared longitudinal parent report data from the MCDI collected for 49 children with ASD over three years with data from …
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A naturalistic observation of the play behaviour of children with autism spectrum disorders /
… of play engaged in by four-to-eight-year-old children with autism spectrum disorders were examined in naturalistic classroom settings. In addition, play at home was compared with play at school via parent and educator interviews. Seventeen school-age children, their educators and caregivers …
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Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Investigative Analysis of their Access to Dental Care
… to assess the utilization of dental services for children with autism spectrum disorders and identify barriers these children face when accessing dental services in the state of Virginia. Methods: A survey was mailed to families in the state of Virginia that care for at least one child with the …
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The relationship between social skills and challenging behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders
The autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are among the most serious and debilitating conditions with onset in early childhood. Deficits in social interaction skills are considered to be the hallmark set of symptoms and are given the most weight in current diagnostic systems. Although not considered …
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Relational Savoring in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Attachment-Based Intervention
<p>Relational Savoring in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Attachment-Based InterventionBy Gerin Elizabeth Gaskin Claremont Graduate University: 2021 Parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at risk for higher depressive symptoms and lower subjective …
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Music and Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Potential Autonomic Mechanisms of Social Attention Improvement
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are an urgent health concern as new reports indicate approximately 1 in 110 children are affected by ASD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009). Although children with ASD struggle with social interactions, quantitative meta-analyses have revealed that …
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The Effect of Dialogic Reading on Early Literacy Outcomes for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
… effective in improving early literacy skills in children with language delays and those from at-risk populations. There is, however, limited research that examines the potential utility of dialogic reading strategies for children with disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). In this …
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Studying Eye Gaze of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Interaction with a Social Robot
<p>Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) experience deficits in verbal and nonverbal communication skills including motor control, emotional facial expressions, and eye gaze attention. In this thesis, we focus on studying the feasibility and effectiveness of using a social robot, called …
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Parent satisfaction with school services for children with autism spectrum disorders: the meaning of satisfaction
… the literature by examining parent satisfaction with the school services that their young children with ASD are receiving, using a mixed methods approach that includes interview and survey methodology. Sixteen parents of children with ASD participated in the study. The results reveal that …
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Exploration of Computer Game Interventions in Improving Gaze Following Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Statistics show the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a developmental delay disorder, is now 1 in 110 children in the United States (Rice, 2009), nearing 1% of the population. Therefore, this study looked at ways modern technology could assist these children and their families. One …
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