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Carly S. Albaum; Teresa Sellitto; Nisha Vashi; Yvonne Bohr; Jonathan A. Weiss – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Purpose: Active engagement in one's therapy is a key contributor to successful outcomes. Research on child engagement in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has largely focused on youth without autism. This longitudinal study examined multiple indicators of child engagement in relation to outcomes for autistic children who took part in CBT for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Outcomes of Treatment
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Conner, Caitlin M.; White, Susan W.; Beck, Kelly B.; Golt, Josh; Smith, Isaac C.; Mazefsky, Carla A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Emotion regulation impairments are common among individuals with autism spectrum disorder and are believed to often underlie commonly seen problems with aggression, depression, and anxiety. The Emotional Awareness and Skills Enhancement program was developed to reduce emotion regulation impairment and thereby improve behavioral disturbance, via…
Descriptors: Self Control, Emotional Response, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Kerns, Connor M.; Collier, Amanda; Lewin, Adam B.; Storch, Eric A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Symptoms of autism spectrum disorder may influence alliance in psychotherapy. This study examined therapeutic alliance and its relationship with child characteristics and anxiety treatment outcomes in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Youth (N = 64) with autism spectrum disorder and co-occurring anxiety (7-16 years, IQ > 70) received 16…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Youth, Anxiety
Long, Anna C. J.; Sanetti, Lisa M. Hagermoser; Lark, Catherine R.; Connolly, Jennifer J. G. – Remedial and Special Education, 2018
Students who demonstrate the most challenging behaviors are at risk of school failure and are often placed in alternative schools, in which a primary goal is remediating behavioral and academic concerns to facilitate students' return to their community school. Consistently implemented evidence-based classroom management is necessary toward this…
Descriptors: Special Education, Nontraditional Education, Special Schools, Behavior Problems
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Ramsey, Michelle L.; Jolivette, Kristine; Kennedy, Christina; Fredrick, Laura D.; Williams, Camille D. – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2017
Two functionally-indicated choice-making interventions were implemented by a classroom teacher to determine the effects on the percentage of task completion, accuracy, and classroom disruption for 9 sixth through eighth grade participants with emotional and behavioral disorders in a residential math classroom using a reversal design. Results…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Antisocial Behavior, Student Behavior, Adolescents
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Veerman, Jan Willem; De Meyer, Ronald – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
Emotional and behavioral problems assessed with the "Child Behavior Checklist" (CBCL) were analyzed from 2,739 Dutch children referred to Families First (FF) or Intensive Family Treatment (IFT) from 1999 to 2008, to examine time trends. From the year 2004 onward, six of the eight CBCL-syndrome scales yielded significant decreases from the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Delinquency, Child Behavior, Adolescents
Reutebuch, Colleen K.; El Zein, Farah; Kyung Kim, Min; Weinberg, Aron N.; Vaughn, Sharon – Grantee Submission, 2015
We adapted and piloted Collaborative Strategic Reading-High School, a reading comprehension intervention, with three high school students with autism spectrum disorder to investigate its effects on their reading comprehension. Using a nonconcurrent, multiple-baseline design, participants with autism spectrum disorder were paired with a…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Reading Strategies
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Goodkind, Jessica R.; LaNoue, Marianna D.; Milford, Jaime – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
American Indian adolescents experience higher rates of suicide and psychological distress than the overall U.S. adolescent population, and research suggests that these disparities are related to higher rates of violence and trauma exposure. Despite elevated risk, there is limited empirical information to guide culturally appropriate treatment of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, American Indians, Adolescents
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Feeny, Norah C.; Silva, Susan G.; Reinecke, Mark A.; McNulty, Steven; Findling, Robert L.; Rohde, Paul; Curry, John F.; Ginsburg, Golda S.; Kratochvil, Christopher J.; Pathak, Sanjeev M.; May, Diane E.; Kennard, Betsy D.; Simons, Anne D.; Wells, Karen C.; Robins, Michele; Rosenberg, David; March, John S. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
This article explores aspects of family environment and parent-child conflict that may predict or moderate response to acute treatments among depressed adolescents (N = 439) randomly assigned to fluoxetine, cognitive behavioral therapy, their combination, or placebo. Outcomes were Week 12 scores on measures of depression and global impairment. Of…
Descriptors: Conflict, Cognitive Restructuring, Adolescents, Family Environment
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Storch, Eric A.; Khanna, Muniya; Merlo, Lisa J.; Loew, Benjamin A.; Franklin, Martin; Reid, Jeannette M.; Goodman, Wayne K.; Murphy, Tanya K. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2009
This report describes the development and psychometric properties of the Children's Florida Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (C-FOCI). Designed specifically as a brief measure for assessing obsessive-compulsive symptoms, the C-FOCI was created for use in both clinical and community settings. Study 1 included 82 children and adolescents diagnosed…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Construct Validity, Test Validity, Factor Structure
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Lavin, Paul – School Counselor, 1997
Outlines a checklist that provides immediate, specific information on the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder child's behavior and academic performance. Lists objectives of the checklist, its content, and the ways in which the checklist is to be used. Claims that the checklist fosters teachers', parents', and children's cooperation. (RJM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification
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Apsche, Jack A.; Bass, Christopher K. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2006
This paper is an outpatient replication of Apsche, Bass, Jennings and Siv (2005) work which examined the effectiveness of Mode Deactivation Therapy (MDT) on adolescent conduct disordered males in an inpatient therapeutic setting. This research compared the effectiveness of MDT and Treatment as Usual (TAU) as treatments on adolescents with conduct…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Aggression, Personality Traits, Adolescents
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Apsche, Jack A.; Bass, Christopher K.; Siv, Alexander M. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2006
This study summarized two treatment research studies and included recidivism data for two years post discharge for group therapy. The study compared Mode deactivation Therapy (MDT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and Social Skills training (SST), results of the MDT series of studies and the two year post-study recidivism data. The data from the…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Outcomes of Treatment, Behavior Modification, Group Therapy