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Suma, Katharine; Adamson, Lauren B.; Bakeman, Roger; Robins, Diana L.; Abrams, Danielle N. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
This study documents the relation between an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis, increases in intervention, and changes in parent-child interaction quality. Information about intervention and observations of interaction were collected before diagnosis and a half year after diagnosis for 79 low-risk toddlers who had screened positive for ASD…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Parent Child Relationship
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Shire, Stephanie Y.; Goods, Kelly; Shih, Wendy; Distefano, Charlotte; Kaiser, Ann; Wright, Courtney; Mathy, Pamela; Landa, Rebecca; Kasari, Connie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Notably absent from the intervention literature are parent training programs targeting school-aged children with autism who have limited communication skills (Tager-Flusberg and Kasari in "Autism Res" 6:468-478, 2013). Sixty-one children with autism age 5-8 with minimal spontaneous communication received a 6-month social communication…
Descriptors: Intervention, Communication Strategies, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
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Konstantareas, M. Mary; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1988
Comparison of mother child interactions between two groups of mother child pairs--10 higher functioning verbal autistic children and their mothers and 10 lower functioning nonverbal autistic children and mothers--found that mothers tended to be quite responsive to their children's relative capabilities. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Acquisition
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Watson, Linda R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1998
Fourteen mother-child dyads involving preschool children with autism and 14 matched dyads of typically developing children and mothers were observed during free play. Mothers of autistic children directed verbalizations to something within the child's focus of attention as often as other mothers. They directed verbalizations to something not…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Autism, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication
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Siller, Michael; Sigman, Marian – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2002
Comparison of caregiver behaviors of children with either autism, developmental delay, or typical development found no difference between groups in caregiver synchronization with the child's focus of attention. Also, caregivers of children with autism who showed higher levels of synchronization during initial play interactions led to superior…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role
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El-Ghoroury, Nabil Hassan; Romanczyk, Raymond G. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1999
Siblings, mothers, and fathers in nine families of a child with autism were observed in dyadic play interactions with the autistic child. Parents exhibited more play behaviors toward children than siblings, but the autistic children initiated more interactions toward siblings than toward parents. Vineland Adaptive Behavior scale scores correlated…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Autism, Behavior Patterns, Children
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Joseph, Robert M.; Tager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1997
Longitudinal videotape recordings of six young children with autism and six age- and language-matched children with Down syndrome in structured play with their mothers were analyzed. Findings of reduced expression of positive affect by autistic subjects suggest that their known deficits in attention and affective responsiveness persisted even in…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Autism, Downs Syndrome, Emotional Development
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Koegel, Robert L.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
This study assessed collateral effects during unstructured dinnertime family interactions of two different paradigms for training parents of 17 children with autism. One taught individual target behaviors serially, and the other taught the pivotal responses (PRT) of motivation and responsivity to multiple cues. Results suggested the PRT…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Cues, Family Environment