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Yang, Daniel Y.-J.; Baillargeon, Renée – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Why do individuals with more autistic traits experience social difficulties? Here we examined the hypothesis that these difficulties stem in part from a challenge in understanding social acting, the prosocial pretense that adults routinely produce to maintain positive relationships with their ingroup. In Study 1, we developed a self-administered…
Descriptors: Autism, Adults, Prosocial Behavior, Beliefs
Dimitropoulos, Anastasia; Ho, Alan; Feldman, Benjamin – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a neurodevelopmental disorder primarily characterized by hyperphagia and food preoccupations, is caused by the absence of expression of the paternally active genes in the proximal arm of chromosome 15. Although maladaptive behavior and the cognitive profile in PWS have been well characterized, social functioning has…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Genetics, Interpersonal Competence, Autism
Kamps, Debra; Thiemann-Bourque, Kathy; Heitzman-Powell, Linda; Schwartz, Ilene; Rosenberg, Nancy; Mason, Rose; Cox, Suzanne – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The purpose of this randomized control group study was to examine the effects of a peer network intervention that included peer mediation and direct instruction for Kindergarten and First-grade children with autism spectrum disorders. Trained school staff members provided direct instruction for 56 children in the intervention group, and 39…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention
Lopata, Christopher; Thomeer, Marcus L.; Volker, Martin A.; Nida, Robert E.; Lee, Gloria K. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
This paper presents findings from the final two years of a four-year study investigating a manualized social treatment program for high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorders. The study sought to (1) replicate and expand findings from years one and two; (2) compare outcomes of participants who received response-cost feedback versus…
Descriptors: Autism, Summer Programs, Social Development, Interpersonal Competence
Kroeger, K. A.; Schultz, Janet R.; Newsom, Crighton – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
A social skills group intervention was developed and evaluated for young children with autism. Twenty-five 4- to 6-year-old (diagnosed) children were assigned to one of two kinds of social skills groups: the direct teaching group or the play activities group. The direct teaching group used a video-modeling format to teach play and social skills…
Descriptors: Intervention, Young Children, Autism, Play
Knott, Fiona; Lewis, Charlie; Williams, Tim – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2007
While deficits in social interaction are central to autism, the sibling relationship has been found to provide a key medium for the development of such skills. Naturalistic observations of sibling pairs including children with autism and controls with Down syndrome were made across two time periods, twelve months apart. Consistent with the…
Descriptors: Siblings, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome