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Summers, Jay; Tarbox, Jonathan; Findel-Pyles, Rachel S.; Wilke, Arthur E.; Bergstrom, Ryan; Williams, W. Larry – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
Appropriate reactions to potentially hazardous situations may help prevent children from incurring injury or abduction. However, children with autism and other developmental disorders may not develop safety skills without explicit intervention. This study used a simple behavioral skills training package for teaching children with autism to respond…
Descriptors: Safety, Autism, Skill Development, Children
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Kuppens, S.; Onghena, P. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012
Meta-analysis has become a popular tool to statistically integrate results across studies in order to formulate more general conclusions on treatment effectiveness. Unfortunately, traditional meta-analytic applications fail to answer the question whether enough cumulative knowledge is available to draw convincing statistical conclusions. Leaving…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Meta Analysis
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Simer, Nancy; Cuvo, Anthony J. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends vision screening of all children between 3 and 5 years of age, and states have mandated vision screening for all school children. Participants were three 4-6-year old school children with either a developmental delay or autism who scored "could not test" on the state required vision screening.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Vision Tests, Developmental Disabilities, Visual Discrimination
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Lundqvist, Lars-Olov; Andersson, Gunilla; Viding, Jane – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
Vibroacoustic music has been proposed to be an effective treatment for individuals with developmental disorders and challenging behaviors. The present study experimentally tested the effects of vibroacoustic music on self-injurious, stereotypical, and aggressive destructive behaviors in 20 individuals with autism spectrum disorders and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Music Therapy, Autism, Developmental Disabilities