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Direct linkMarissa E. Kamlowsky; Claudia L. Dozier; Stacha C. Leslie; Ky C. Kanaman; Sara C. Diaz de Villegas – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2025
We replicated and extended Kanaman et al. (2022) by comparing outcomes of solitary (leisure items only), social (leisure items with social interaction), and combined (leisure items alone and leisure items with social interaction) stimulus preference assessments to determine the extent to which the inclusion of social interaction influenced the…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Relationship, Self Efficacy, Leisure Time
Vasiliki Holeva; V. A. Nikopoulou; C. Lytridis; C. Bazinas; P. Kechayas; G. Sidiropoulos; M. Papadopoulou; M. D. Kerasidou; C. Karatsioras; N. Geronikola; G. A. Papakostas; V. G. Kaburlasos; A. Evangeliou – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Difficulties with social interaction characterise children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and have a negative impact in their everyday life. Integrating a social-humanoid robot within the standard clinical treatment has been proven promising. The main aim of this randomised controlled study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a robot-assisted…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Professional Personnel, Artificial Intelligence
Jacques, Claudine; Saulnier, Geneviève; Éthier, Agnès; Soulières, Isabelle – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
To understand the perspectives and needs of autistic children and their families in the context of an emergency, 109 parents and 56 autistic children (5.75-18 years) from Canada completed an online survey about needs, barriers and facilitators to coping with the pandemic. Parents' concerns about their child's development and difficulties managing…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Adolescents
Download full textCardinal, Hoanglan – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2021
Play is a universal activity that is an integral part of childhood experiences and aids in the development of important skills. While most children naturally engage in play, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) do not follow the typical pattern of play development and often exhibit delays in play skills. One of the defining characteristics…
Descriptors: Play, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Skill Development
Tajik-Parvinchi, Diana J.; Farmus, Linda; Cribbie, Robert; Albaum, Carly; Weiss, Jonathan A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Difficulties with emotion regulation are common in children with autism. Although interventions targeting emotion regulation show promise, children's individual treatment responses vary, and it is important to understand the factors that contribute to treatment change. The present study aimed to identify pre-treatment child characteristics and…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Self Control, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
Kasperzack, Daria; Schrott, Bastian; Mingebach, Tanja; Becker, Katja; Burghardt, Roland; Kamp-Becker, Inge – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Children with autism spectrum disorders often exhibit comorbid behavioral problems. These problems have an impact on the severity of the core symptoms, the progression of the disorder as well as on the families' quality of life. We evaluated the effectiveness of the Stepping Stones Triple P group parent training program as a supplementary…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Problems
Bergstrom, Ryan; Najdowski, Adel C.; Tarbox, Jonathan – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2014
We evaluated the effects of behavioral skills training in the home for teaching children with autism to abstain from going with strangers and immediately inform a familiar adult of the stranger's attempt to lure them in the natural environment. All participants learned to respond correctly to lures in the home and demonstrated concomitant…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Skill Development, Children, Autism
Halford, W. Kim; Snyder, Douglas K. – Behavior Therapy, 2012
Across nearly all cultures, sharing a lifelong committed relationship with an intimate partner comprises an almost universal and strongly held ambition. Nevertheless, cross-national data reliably indicate a high prevalence of relationship distress and dissolution, with adverse emotional and physical health consequences for adult partners and their…
Descriptors: Evidence, Physical Health, Interpersonal Relationship, Therapy
Bauminger-Zviely, Nirit; Eden, Sigal; Zancanaro, Massimo; Weiss, Patrice L.; Gal, Eynat – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
This study examined the effectiveness of a school-based, collaborative technology intervention combined with cognitive behavioral therapy to teach the concepts of social collaboration and social conversation to children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders ("n" = 22) as well as to enhance their actual social engagement…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Social Development
Ozuna, Jennifer; Mavridis, Alexis; Hott, Brittany L. – Exceptionality Education International, 2015
Social interaction is a core deficit in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Therefore, parents and teachers need effective interventions to support students with ASD. This synthesis provides a quantitative analysis of single-subject studies that examine interventions to support social interactions in children with ASD. Results suggest…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Early Intervention
Scahill, Lawrence; McDougle, Christopher J.; Aman, Michael G.; Johnson, Cynthia; Handen, Benjamin; Bearss, Karen; Dziura, James; Butter, Eric; Swiezy, Naomi G.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Stigler, Kimberly A.; Sukhodolsky, Denis D.; Lecavalier, Luc; Pozdol, Stacie L.; Nikolov, Roumen; Hollway, Jill A.; Korzekwa, Patricia; Gavaletz, Allison; Kohn, Arlene E.; Koenig, Kathleen; Grinnon, Stacie; Mulick, James A.; Yu, Sunkyung; Vitiello, Benedetto – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs) have social interaction deficits, delayed communication, and repetitive behaviors as well as impairments in adaptive functioning. Many children actually show a decline in adaptive skills compared with age mates over time. Method: This 24-week, three-site, controlled clinical trial…
Descriptors: Socialization, Autism, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
Luczynski, Kevin C.; Hanley, Gregory P. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
Discovering whether children prefer reinforcement via a contingency or independent of their behavior is important considering the ubiquity of these programmed schedules of reinforcement. The current study evaluated the efficacy of and preference for social interaction within differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) and…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction, Social Reinforcement, Contingency Management
Alfano, Candica A.; Pina, Armando A.; Villalta, Ian K.; Beidel, Deborah C.; Ammerman, Robert T.; Crosby, Lori E. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2009
Data from a study involving 88 youths who participated in one of two randomized controlled treatment trials of Social Effectiveness Therapy for Children reveals that loneliness scores and social effectiveness predicted changes in social anxiety and overall functioning after the treatment. Child-reported loneliness mediated changes in social…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Fear, Interpersonal Relationship, Child Health
DeQuinzio, Jaime Ann; Townsend, Dawn Buffington; Poulson, Claire L. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2008
Children with autism have deficits in social interaction, including the failure to engage in sharing responses. Four children with autism were taught a sharing response chain. The treatment package (manual guidance, auditory prompts, and contingent access to toy play and social interaction with the recipient instructor) was introduced successively…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Autism, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
Stevens, Rene; Spears, Evans H. – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2009
Over a period of 150 years, photographic images have contributed to how we see and think about the world, ourselves, and others. Individuals who are particularly resistant to therapy and those who communicate better with the use of visual aids may not benefit from standard counseling practices alone. Although verbal communication is vital in most…
Descriptors: Photography, Verbal Communication, Visual Aids, International Organizations
