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The Effect of Medical/Therapeutic Clowns on the Playfulness of Children with Intellectual Disabilities
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Feniger-Schaal, Rinat; Stern, Amitai; Elizarov, Einat – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Play is an essential component of children's development. Children with intellectual disability tend to have poor socioemotional abilities and impaired play. This study examined the effects of a medical/therapeutic clowning play intervention on the playfulness of children with intellectual disability. Method: Two medical clowns…
Descriptors: Play, Intellectual Disability, Preschool Children, Intervention
Concurrent Validity of the ABAS-II Questionnaire with the Vineland II Interview for Adaptive Behavior in a Pediatric ASD Sample: High Correspondence Despite Systematically Lower Scores
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Dupuis, Annie; Moon, Michael J.; Brian, Jessica; Georgiades, Stelios; Levy, Tomer; Anagnostou, Evdokia; Nicolson, Rob; Schachar, Russell; Crosbie, Jennifer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
We examined the correlation between interviewer-administered Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale II (VABS-II) and the parent-rated Adaptive Behavior Assessment System II (ABAS-II) questionnaire in 352 participants (ages 1.5-20.8 years) with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to determine if ABAS could be used as a screen to reduce the number of VABS…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Adjustment (to Environment), Student Behavior, Autism
The Effectiveness of Portage Early Intervention Program in Improving Adaptive Behavior Skills with Intellectual Disorders
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Al-Wedyan, Ashraf Bader Alddin; Al-Oweidi, Alia Mohammed – International Education Studies, 2022
The aim of this study was to find the effectiveness of the Portage Program for Early Intervention in improving cognitive competencies of mothers with children having intellectual disabilities in applying portage program, and in developing those children's adaptive behavior. The experimental sample included 10 children from Irbid Governorate with…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Intellectual Disability, Mothers, Young Children
Effects of Enhanced Milieu Teaching and Book Reading on the Target Word Approximations of Young Children with Language Delay
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Kang, Veronica Y.; Kim, Sunyoung – Journal of Early Intervention, 2023
Teaching vocabularies to young children is critical as vocabulary is related to long-term language, literacy, and academic skills. The current study used a multiple probe design to examine the effects of enhanced milieu teaching with book reading on the use of word approximations in four 2- to 4-year-old females with language delay. The first…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Word Frequency, Vocabulary Development, Story Reading