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Krstovska-Guerrero, Ivana; Jones, Emily A. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013
Children with autism demonstrate early deficits in joint attention and expressions of affect. Interventions to teach joint attention have addressed gaze behavior, gestures, and vocalizations, but have not specifically taught an expression of positive affect such as smiling that tends to occur during joint attention interactions. Intervention was…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Nonverbal Communication, Attention
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Glaser, Sarah E.; Shaw, Steven R. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
Emotion regulation (ER) abilities and developmental differences were investigated among 19 children with autism and 18 children with 22q13 Deletion Syndrome (a rare chromosomal disorder with certain autistic symptoms). The purpose of this study was to examine the phenotypic similarities between the two disorders. ER was measured by the Temperament…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Autism, Affective Behavior, Genetic Disorders
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Argott, Paul; Townsend, Dawn Buffington; Sturmey, Peter; Poulson, Claire L. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2008
Previous studies have shown that most individuals with autism do not show empathic responding. The present study is an attempt to teach such skills. Script-fading procedures have been used to teach other social-interaction skills, so they are applied here to teach empathic responding. This study included three adolescents with autism, two males…
Descriptors: Scripts, Stimuli, Autism, Adolescents