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Taylor, Emily C.; Livingston, Lucy A.; Clutterbuck, Rachel A.; Callan, Mitchell J.; Shah, Punit – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Strengths-based approaches to autism are increasing in research and clinical practice. Such approaches suggest facilitating autistic people to increase the use of their strengths leads to positive outcomes (e.g. improved well-being). However, despite proliferation of strengths-based clinical and educational interventions, these approaches are…
Descriptors: Ability, Well Being, Predictor Variables, Mental Health
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Cooper, Chelsea M.; Rosen, Tamara; Kim, Hyunsik; Eaton, Nicholas R.; Cohn, Elizabeth; Drahota, Amy; Moskowitz, Lauren J.; Lerner, Matthew D.; Kerns, Connor M. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Understanding the types of intervention practices familiar to transdisciplinary autism spectrum disorder providers may be critical to characterize and optimize "usual care" for common clinical concerns (e.g. internalizing, externalizing, and social challenges) among school- and transition-age autistic youth. We assessed if there is an…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Intervention, Expertise, Outcomes of Treatment
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Raghad AbdulKareen Abdoun Al-Janabi; Zainab Ali Saleem; Faris Lami; Osamah Abbas Jaber; Shatha Mohammed Jasim; Nahid Dehghan Nayeri; Mahdi Shafiee Sabet; Ghaith Al-Gburi – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Parents experience lower quality of life due to the psychological, financial and social challenges of caring for an autistic child. This study aims to identify the independent demographic and social predictors of parents' quality of life, to allocate support to parents who truly need it. Al-Subtain Academy and Baghdad's National Center for Autism…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Quality of Life, Parents, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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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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Laister, Dominik; Stammler, Magdalena; Vivanti, Giacomo; Holzinger, Daniel – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
In children with autism spectrum disorder, atypical gesture use is a core deficit with consequences for social learning, social interaction, and language development. Little is known about the relevance of early gesture use in predicting developmental outcomes of children receiving early interventions targeting social-communicative behaviors such…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Nonverbal Communication, Predictor Variables
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Waddington, Hannah; Reynolds, Jess E; Macaskill, Ella; Curtis, Sally; Taylor, Lauren J; Whitehouse, Andrew JO – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Naturalistic developmental behavioural interventions are promising approaches for young children with, or suspected of having, autism spectrum disorder. Joint attention, symbolic play, engagement and regulation intervention (JASPER) is a well-researched naturalistic developmental behavioural intervention but, to date, no reviews have specifically…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Modification, Intervention
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Cantor, Jonathan; McBain, Ryan K.; Kofner, Aaron; Stein, Bradley D.; Yu, Hao – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Despite a rise in the observed prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among children, few estimates exist of the share of US outpatient mental health treatment facilities that provide services for children with autism spectrum disorder. We identified key facility- and county-level characteristics in offering mental health care for children with…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Mental Health
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Caron, Vicky; Jeanneret, Nuria; Giroux, Mathieu; Guerrero, Lucila; Ouimet, Mélanie; Forgeot d'Arc, Baudouin; Soulières, Isabelle; Courcy, Isabelle – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Quality of life is important for the development and evaluation of interventions for autistic people. It is a multidimensional concept, anchored in a sociocultural context and based on a person's subjective assessment of their life. The aim of this study is to examine whether the determinants of perceived quality of life vary by country (or…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Quality of Life, Clinical Diagnosis
Hugh, Maria L.; Johnson, LeAnne D.; Cook, Clayton – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Early Childhood Special Education teachers select practices to use to promote social communication development for their students with autism spectrum disorder. Understanding what evidence-based practices teachers select and why can inform the development of dissemination and implementation supports at the critical Adoption-Decision stage of…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Dimachkie Nunnally, Amanda; Sterrett, Kyle; Gulsrud, Amanda; Kasari, Connie – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Children with autism spectrum disorder exhibit challenges in regulating negativity and modifying emotional responses, a process known as emotion regulation. Such challenges affect social outcomes and response to intervention in children with autism spectrum disorder. Caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder facilitate children's…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Toddlers, Behavior Problems
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Tajik-Parvinchi, Diana J.; Farmus, Linda; Cribbie, Robert; Albaum, Carly; Weiss, Jonathan A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Difficulties with emotion regulation are common in children with autism. Although interventions targeting emotion regulation show promise, children's individual treatment responses vary, and it is important to understand the factors that contribute to treatment change. The present study aimed to identify pre-treatment child characteristics and…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Self Control, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
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Locke, Jill; Kang-Yi, Christina; Frederick, Lindsay; Mandell, David S. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Several interventions have demonstrated efficacy in improving social outcomes for children with autism, but they often are not used in schools. This study examined individual and organizational factors associated with the use of a research-informed social engagement intervention, Remaking Recess, for children with autism in elementary schools. A…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Predictor Variables, Intervention, Children
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Albaum, Carly; Tablon, Paula; Roudbarani, Flora; Weiss, Jonathan A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Therapeutic alliance is often an important aspect of psychotherapy, though it is rarely examined in clients with autism. This study aims to determine the child pre-treatment variables and treatment outcomes associated with early and late alliance in cognitive behaviour therapy targeting emotion regulation for children with autism. Data were…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Autism
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Carr, Themba; Shih, Wendy; Lawton, Kathy; Lord, Catherine; King, Bryan; Kasari, Connie – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Rates of participation in intervention research have not been extensively studied within autism spectrum disorder. Such research is important given the benefit of early intervention on long-term prognosis for children with autism spectrum disorder. The goals of this study were to examine how family demographic factors predicted treatment…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Outcomes of Treatment, Attendance
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Chang, Ya-Chih; Laugeson, Elizabeth A.; Gantman, Alexander; Ellingsen, Ruth; Frankel, Fred; Dillon, Ashley R. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This study seeks to examine the predictors of positive social skills outcomes from the University of California, Los Angeles Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills, an evidence-based parent-assisted social skills program for high-functioning middle school and high school adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. The…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Predictor Variables
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