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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"autistic spectrum"”.
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Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Behaviour Therapy, Relationship Therapy and Play; A Combined Future?
… undertaken in each of the two branches of Autistic Spectrum Disorder therapy, comparing and evaluating their individual successes and looking for an integrated way forward including the role of play and playfulness in therapy and the difficulty of play for children with ASD. The definition …
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Individualized Instruction Strategies in Mainstream Classrooms: Including Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
… are often made up of students with a broad spectrum of abilities, and it is the teacher’s job to meet the needs of those students.</p> <p>Strategies addressed in this review include animal assisted therapy, antecedent, peer mediated, and self-management approaches. These strategies have been …
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A psychological investigation of autistic spectrum disorders : implications for the concept of Asperger syndrome
… presentation with autism it was subsumed under autistic spectrum disorders about 35 years later. The present study re-assessed Asperger's original article and identified specific differences between the two conditions leading to the hypothesis that Asperger Syndrome was different from autism. …
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Discerning nonlinear brain dynamics from EEG : an application to autistic spectrum disorder in young children
… specific brain patterns characterising autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). Genetic studies, together with investigations based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional MRI, support the idea that distinctive structural features could exist in the ASD brain. In the developing …
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An investigation of social skills training for pupils with autistic spectrum disorders within a mainstream school environment
Children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) are disadvantaged within a learning environment that is not conducive to their cognitive and learning styles (Mesibov and Howley, 2003): this is because they do not possess the necessary social, communication and thinking skills that are required for …
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An investigation of concurrent segregation abilities in autistic spectrum disorder utilizing the dichotic pitch and mistuned harmonic paradigms
… they differ in amplitude, for individuals with autistic spectrum disorder (ASDs) and typicals. Experiment 1 found ASDs elicited a diminished ORN compared to typicals for time-shifted dichotic pitch, indicating low-level deficits in ASD. Other stimuli that elicit these components were used in …
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The stories of parents whose children have been referred for an assessment for Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A narrative analysis
… have been identified as potentially having Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), their story may have begun long before there is professional involvement. There appears to be a dearth of qualitative research into parental experiences prior to their child’s ASD assessment. Therefore, this …
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A case study in the use of avatar-based therapy utilising the externalisation of problems with an adult on the autistic spectrum
The aim was to investigate the use of a novel therapeutic intervention utilising narrative therapy combined with the use of avatars within a virtual world. The basis of this approach was the idea that this environment could help facilitate the externalisation phase of narrative therapy, to help …
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Assessing the utility of Virtual Reality technology to challenge Intolerance of Uncertainty in adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and implications for educational settings
… of Uncertainty (IU) in adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). IU has utility in explaining anxiety in neurotypical populations but research considering its presentation and effect on anxiety levels in ASD populations has only been given attention in recent years. The objective …
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Lived experiences of parents of children with autistic spectrum disorder in social interactions in selected schools of Lusaka district Zambia: a hermeneutic phenomenological approach.
… alone in social interaction with children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The type of ASD in a child goes with its complexity and it often puts parenting skills to the test. However, with worldwide challenges parents with children with disabilities encounter, it was imperative to …
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A intervenção psicopedagógica: um estudo de caso de uma criança com espectro autista
… to the evolutional development of children with autistic spectrum disorder. Having said that, this study is aimed at not only outlining a psychopedagogical intervention and analyzing its outcomes to the learning development process of an assisted child but also getting to know the set of …
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O filme Mary e Max: uma amizade diferente na representação da Síndrome de Asperger
… comprehension regarding Asperger syndrome inside Autistic Spectrum, from understanding hermeneutics and semiotics application of the movie language. For this reason Aspenger syndrome was conceptualized and described in the special education context considering movie language inputs. The movie Mary …
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The use of puppetry in dramatherapy to enhance communication, especially in children with an autism spectrum disorder
… in therapy, especially with children who have an autistic spectrum disorder. This analysis will be made by (1) defining autism and dramatherapy respectively in order to show how dramatherapy can be a beneficial form of therapy, (2) the various types of puppets are listed and the puppets most …
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Parental Mental Health: The Role of Parental Attachment to Their Child with ASD
… suggests that parents of children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) experience higher levels of stress than both those of typically developing children and children with other developmental disabilities. Parental stress may spill over into additional domains of parental competence, …
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Close and intimate relationships: understanding their importance and establishment through research and therapeutic practice
… about the romantic lives of individuals with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). They are known to have difficulties in establishing such relationships, but there has been limited investigation, especially from a qualitative perspective. In the present study, eight young adult men (aged 21 to …
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Behaviour and social functioning in children with developmental coordination disorder
… how they relate to the diagnostic criteria of an Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Children aged between 6 and 12 years were recruited to the study from three sources: a neurodevelopmental assessment clinic, the Dyspraxia Foundation and through informal contact. Informed consent was given by 107 …
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First hand accounts of adults with asperger's syndrome: an exploration into their experiences of being parented during childhood and adolescence
… of parents in bringing up a child with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), there is a paucity of research from the perspective of individuals themselves, particularly those with AS, a form of high functioning autism. Method Semi structured interviews were conducted with seven adults. …
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A preliminary analysis: children aged birth to two with ASD and the early intervention methodologies of ABA, PECS, and floor-time
… was aged 0 to 2 years, had a disorder of the autistic spectrum, and was provided treatment in the form of ABA, PECS, floor-time, or a combination of interventions. Because research on ASD and its treatment has not yet focused on children under the age of 3, the purpose of this study was to …
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Effective Treatment Strategies for Children with Autism in Grades K-6
<p>The incidence of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) continues to rise in our elementary schools. With this increase, more and more children with ASD are present and requiring services in public school classrooms. As teachers and parents we need to know how to provide classroom …
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