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Fletcher-Watson, S.; McConachie, H. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Evidence is accumulating that early intervention can be effective in improving the skills of young children with autism spectrum disorder. However, the science is hampered by the lack of agreed "gold standard" tools for the measurement of progress and outcome. What is required is a reliable, valid, and sensitive measure of change in the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children, Early Intervention
Garbacz, S. Andrew; Sheridan, Susan M.; Koziol, Natalie A.; Kwon, Kyongboon; Holmes, Shannon R. – School Psychology Review, 2015
The present study examined parent-teacher congruent communication within conjoint behavioral consultation (CBC). Specifically, the study purpose was to determine the extent to which congruence in parent-teacher communication (i.e., the degree to which parents and teachers view their communication in a similar fashion) moderated CBC's effects on…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Teacher Attitudes
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McDaniel, Sara C.; Houchins, David E.; Robinson, Cecil – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2016
"Check, Connect, and Expect" (CCE) is a secondary tier behavioral intervention that provides students with levels of support including a dedicated "coach" for check-in and check-out procedures, and social skills instruction. Elementary students (n = 22) in an alternative education school setting received CCE for 13 weeks…
Descriptors: Intervention, Interpersonal Competence, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency
Wright-Cunningham, Kamal Phillip – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Adolescence is a time when individuals are forced to deal with the stress of moving from being a teenager to an adult (Spear, 2000). As a result, this difficult developmental period is often characterized by adolescents engaging in risky behavior and potentially dangerous experimentation (Golden & Turner, 2005). The importance of understanding how…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Special Education, Mental Health, Adolescents
Powell, Tamela Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Autism is the fastest growing disability ever. With the growth comes a lot of questions as to the etiologies and treatment of this condition, often putting parents, schools, and traditional medical personnel at odds with what treatments have efficacy. As the popularity of alternative treatments increase, so does the need for research. …
Descriptors: Therapy, Interpersonal Competence, Autism, Children
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Grimm, Kevin J.; Pianta, Robert C.; Konold, Timothy – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2009
Multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) confirmatory factor models were combined with longitudinal structural equation models to examine trait and method stability over time. A longitudinal correlated-trait correlated-method (CT-CM) model allowed for the study of trait and method variance in observed scores over time. Longitudinal measurement invariance was…
Descriptors: Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Structural Equation Models, Longitudinal Studies, Children