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Hannah Waddington; Sally Curtis; Lauren van Noorden; Jeff Sigafoos; Larah van der Meer; Andrew Whitehouse – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
Parents are often expected to be the primary implementers of intervention for their young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The provision of a few hours a week of intervention by a trained therapist, in addition to parent-implemented intervention, could increase child outcomes compared to parent-implemented intervention in isolation.…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Diagnostic Tests, Observation, Early Intervention
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Lisa Karlov; Anne Masi; Antonia Mendoza Diaz; Feroza Khan; Teresa Winata; Melissa Gilbert; Radhika Nair; Cheryl Dissanayake; Josephine Barbaro; Valsamma Eapen; Ifrah Abdullahi; Ifrah Abdullahi; Joseph Descallar; John Eastwood; Iqbal Hasan; Bin Jalaludin; Jane Kohlhoff; S. T. Liaw; Raghu Lingam; Natalie Ong; Chun Wah Michael Tam; Katy Unwin; Katrina Williams; Sue Woolfenden – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2025
There are inequities in engagement with established early childhood developmental surveillance programs, eclipsing disadvantaged families. The current study sought to address this by dovetailing developmental surveillance with immunization visits and other opportunistic contacts with children at general practices). While 53 General Practices were…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Diagnostic Tests, Children, Young Children
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Ahmed Abdelaziz; Manuela Wagner; Letitia R. Naigles – Language Learning and Development, 2025
Joint Attention (JA) and Supported Joint Engagement (Supported JE) have each been reported to predict later language development in typically developing (TD) children and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In this longitudinal study including 33 TD children (20 months at V1) and 30 children with ASD (33 months at V1), the contributions…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Young Children, Attention, Participation
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Byrne, Gary; Vickers, Louise; Ni Longphuirt, Eithne; Cunningham, Roisin – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to governments around the world imposing varying levels of restrictions and lockdowns leading to home confinement and closure of schools. Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families may be particularly susceptible to increased anxiety. A growing evidence base has developed for parent-led…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, COVID-19, Pandemics, Anxiety
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Sreckovic, Melissa A.; Hume, Kara A.; Regan, Tara E. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2020
Developing skills for functional independence is important to gain employment, engage in postsecondary education, and live independently. Unfortunately, individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience difficulties with functional independence skills needed to complete common, everyday tasks. This study examined the effects of work…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Daily Living Skills, Parent Participation
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Xie, Huichao; Waschl, Nicolette; Zeng, Songtian – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Given the importance of parent involvement and parent-implemented interventions in achieving maximum child outcomes, practitioners need valid measures to assess and monitor family outcomes in developing and delivering effective and sustainable interventions. This study examined the structure of the Family Outcomes Survey, Form A, using a sample of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Program Effectiveness, Intervention
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Sone, Bailey J.; Kaat, Aaron J.; Roberts, Megan Y. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Children with autism spectrum disorder benefit from early, intensive interventions to improve social communication, and parent-implemented interventions are a feasible, family-centered way to increase treatment dosage. The success of such interventions is dependent on a parent's ability to implement the strategies with fidelity. However,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Early Intervention, Parent Participation
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Cahyadi, Muhammad; Aqilah, Thalsa Syahda; Ediyanto, Ediyanto; Junaidi, Ahsan Romadlon – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2022
The high prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) necessitates acquiring early detection tools that can lead to appropriate interventions for children and assist children in performing as many life functions as possible. In addition, early detection tools for ASD can realize quality early childhood development. This study aims to review…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Disability Identification, Screening Tests, Diagnostic Tests
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McDaniel, Jena; Yoder, Paul; Crandall, Madison; Millan, Maria Estefania; Ardel, Christina Mich; Gengoux, Grace W.; Hardan, Antonio Y. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
A pivotal response treatment package consisting of clinician-delivered and parent-implemented strategies was recently found to be effective in improving language and social communication deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder. Reciprocal vocal contingency, an automated measure of vocal reciprocity, may provide stronger and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Intervention
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Barokova, Mihaela D.; Hassan, Sommer; Lee, Collin; Xu, Mengyuan; Tager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: We aimed to compare the speech of parents and examiners as they elicited language samples from minimally and low-verbal (MLV) children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), while following the same semi-structured elicitation protocol, Eliciting Language Samples for Analysis-Adolescents (ELSA-A). We also compared the speech…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Language Skills, Children
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Waddington, Hannah; van der Meer, Larah; Sigafoos, Jeff – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Parents are the logical intervention agents for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The early start Denver model (ESDM) is a promising early intervention approach for children with ASD that can be implemented by parents. This study evaluated the effects of training parents in the use of the ESDM. We used a non-concurrent multiple…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Young Children, Parent Role
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Levinson, Sarah; Neuspiel, Juliana; Eisenhower, Abbey; Blacher, Jan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
ASD symptomology and behavioral problems pose challenges for children with ASD in school. Disagreement between parents and teachers in ratings of children's behavior problems may provide clinically relevant information. We examined parent-teacher disagreement on ratings of behavior problems among children with ASD during the fall and spring of the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Behavior Problems
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Hobson, Jessica A.; Hobson, R. Peter; Cheung, Yuen; Caló, Susana – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine the relation between symbolic play and communicative engagement among children with and without autism. Our predictions were firstly, that in moment-by-moment interactions during semi-structured interactive play with an adult, children with and without autism would tend to show shifts in meanings in symbolic…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Comparative Analysis, Play
Levinson, Sarah; Neuspiel, Juliana; Eisenhower, Abbey; Blacher, Jan – Grantee Submission, 2020
ASD symptomology and behavioral problems pose challenges for children with ASD in school. Disagreement between parents and teachers in ratings of children's behavior problems may provide clinically relevant information. We examined parent-teacher disagreement on ratings of behavior problems among children with ASD during the fall and spring of the…
Descriptors: Autism, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Problems
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Harris, Bryn; Barton, Erin E. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2017
Many countries are experiencing a dramatic increase of Mexican immigrants in recent decades, especially the United States. It is essential that professionals understand the cultural expectations and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnostic and intervention practices in Mexico to be better prepared to meet the needs of this population. In fact,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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