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Anna Fridell; Nora Choque Olsson; Christina Coco; Sven Bölte; Ulf Jonsson – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Social skills group training is frequently used to support autistic children and adolescents in coping with everyday social demands and expectations. Meta-analytic studies suggest small to medium effect sizes. Effect moderators must be better understood to inform implementation and allow optimization of intervention protocols. Using data from two…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development, Skill Development
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Janice Ka-Yan Chan; Theodore Ching-Kong Cheung; Chi-Wai Chan; Fan Fang; Kelly Yee-Ching Lai; Xiang Sun; Helen O'Reilly; Ofer Golan; Carrie Allison; Simon Baron-Cohen; Patrick Wing-Leung Leung – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
"The Transporters" intervention contains 15 animated episodes that autistic children watch daily for a month and learn emotion recognition through stories depicting social interactions between vehicle characters with grafted human faces, expressing emotions. Its automated, home-based format is cost-effective. This study included four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Response, Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Faja, Susan; Clarkson, Tessa; Gilbert, Rachel; Vaidyanathan, Akshita; Greco, Gabriella; Rueda, M. Rosario; Combita, Lina M.; Driscoll, Kate – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
This randomized, controlled study examined the initial efficacy of an executive function training program for children with autism spectrum disorder. Seventy 7- to 11 year-olds with autism spectrum disorder and intelligence quotients [greater than or equal to]80 were randomly assigned to receive a web-based set of executive function training games…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Executive Function, Training
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Ni, Hsing-Chang; Chen, Yi-Lung; Chao, Yi-Ping; Wu, Chen-Te; Wu, Yu-Yu; Liang, Sophie Hsin-Yi; Chin, Wei-Chih; Chou, Tai-Li; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen; Huang, Ying-Zu; Lin, Hsiang-Yuan – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
The posterior superior temporal sulcus is a potential therapeutic target of brain stimulation for autism spectrum disorder. We conducted a 4-week randomized, single-blind parallel sham-controlled trial, followed by additional 4-week open-label intervention to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy regarding intermittent theta burst stimulation over…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Brain Hemisphere Functions