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Mounzer, Wissam; Stenhoff, Donald M. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2022
In this study, we evaluated the effect of the Future Center Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention program on children's skills longitudinally by sex, age, and diagnoses as dependent variables. Sixty-seven children ages 1-6 years and diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder were followed up for 2 years in Syria. They were assessed twice across the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Child Behavior, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Foreign Countries
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Buggey, Tom; Crawford, S. Caroline; Rogers, Chelsea L. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Video self-modeling (VSM) uses a method called "feedforward" to provide children the opportunity to view themselves as they perform in a more advanced or appropriate manner than they do presently. Typically, this is accomplished through the careful editing of videos. Studies on VSM and social skills with children on the autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Down Syndrome
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Mathews, Therese L.; Vatland, Christopher; Lugo, Ashley M.; Koenig, Elizabeth A.; Gilroy, Shawn P. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Social skills training programs have increasingly enlisted same-age typical peers as instructors in the teaching of social skills to children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The inclusion of peers in the teaching process has been found to be a critical component in these programs. Despite strong support for incorporating…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Program Effectiveness
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Buggey, Tom; Ogle, Lindsey – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Video self-modeling (VSM) has been used to teach social skills to children with autism older than 4 years of age. Attempts to use VSM with younger children with disabilities have produced less than favorable results; however, it is unclear whether VSM could be used to promote social initiations by typically developing children. Thirty minutes of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Interpersonal Communication, Social Development
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Sharp, William G.; Jaquess, David L.; Morton, Jane F.; Miles, Aida G. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The nutritional status and mealtime performance among a group of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) were examined before and after admission to an intensive feeding day-treatment program. Treatment involved escape extinction, reinforcement, and stimulus fading procedures. Outcomes focused on dietary diversity and mealtime performance,…
Descriptors: Autism, Nutrition, Caregiver Training, Program Effectiveness
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Lerner, Matthew D.; Mikami, Amori Y. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2012
This study examined the effects of two social skills interventions, Sociodramatic Affective Relational Intervention (SDARI) and Skillstreaming, to compare their treatment mechanisms, social performance- and knowledge-training. A total of 13 youth with autism spectrum disorders were randomly assigned to 4 weeks of 1-day/week SDARI or…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Interpersonal Competence, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Gillis, Jennifer M.; Hammond Natof, Tammy; Lockshin, Stephanie B.; Romanczyk, Raymond G. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have a high prevalence of specific fears, including fear of general medical procedures, but research on the treatment of medical fears has been limited. Two studies are described in this article. The first study involved an assessment of the prevalence of fears associated with physical exams.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Incidence, Autism, Fear