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Moore, Heather L.; Couteur, Ann Le; Charman, Tony; Green, Jonathan; Parr, Jeremy R.; Grahame, Victoria – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Adaptive functioning of autistic children is traditionally measured through informant-report, often from parents. Behaviour varies across settings though, and context-specific reports should be considered. Limited and inconsistent results show low parent-education professional concordance, but no research has yet explored item level response…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Child Behavior, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Weiss, Jonathan A.; Burnham Riosa, Priscilla – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Most research on mental health in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID) has focused on deficits. We examined individual (i.e., sociocommunicative skills, adaptive behavior, functional cognitive skills) and contextual (i.e., home, school, and community participation) correlates of thriving in 330 youth…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mental Retardation
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Thorsen, Kara L.; Goldberg, Wendy A.; Osann, Kathryn; Spence, M. Anne – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
The present study examines whether children display different frequencies of behaviors at birthday party as compared to non-birthday party settings, and elucidates in which setting behavior is more predictive of later child functioning. Behavior in birthday and non-birthday contexts was examined at 12 and 24 months of age for 56 children with…
Descriptors: Autism, Young Children, Videotape Recordings, Child Behavior