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Implicit Attitudes towards Children with Autism versus Normally Developing Children as Predictors of Professional Burnout and Psychopathology
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Kelly, Amanda; Barnes-Holmes, Dermot – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Tutors trained in applied behaviour analysis (n = 16) and mainstream school teachers (n = 16) were exposed to an Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) designed to assess implicit attitudes towards individuals with autism versus normally developing individuals. Participants also completed a range of explicit measures, including measures…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Teacher Attitudes, Autism, Inservice Teacher Education
Symptoms of Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders in Clinically Referred Youth with Oppositional Defiant Disorder
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Gadow, Kenneth D.; Drabick, Deborah A. G. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Examined autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) symptoms in a clinically referred, non-ASD sample (N = 1160; ages 6-18) with and without oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Mothers and teachers completed "DSM-IV"-referenced symptom checklists. Youth with ODD were subdivided into angry/irritable symptom (AIS) or…
Descriptors: Mother Attitudes, Schizophrenia, Autism, Severity (of Disability)
Validation of a Questionnaire on Behaviour Academic Competence among Chinese Preschool Children
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Leung, Cynthia; Lo, S. K.; Leung, Shirley S. L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The aim of this study was to validate a questionnaire on academic competence behaviour for use with Chinese preschool children in Hong Kong. A parent version and a teacher version were developed and evaluated. The participants included 457 children (230 boys and 227 girls) aged four and five years old, their preschool teachers and their parents.…
Descriptors: Validity, Developmental Disabilities, Reliability, Preschool Children
Discrimination between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Reactive Attachment Disorder in School Aged Children
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Follan, Michael; Anderson, Seonaid; Huline-Dickens, Sarah; Lidstone, Emma; Young, David; Brown, Gordon; Minnis, Helen – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
We aimed to determine whether it is possible to discriminate between children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and children with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) using standardized assessment tools for RAD. The study involved 107 children: 38 with a diagnosis of RAD and 30 with ADHD were recruited through community child and…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Children, Comparative Analysis, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Can Social Stories Enhance the Interpersonal Conflict Resolution Skills of Children with LD?
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Kalyva, Efrosini; Agaliotis, Ioannis – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Since many children with learning disabilities (LD) face interpersonal conflict resolution problems, this study examines the efficacy of social stories in helping them choose more appropriate interpersonal conflict resolution strategies. A social story was recorded and played to the 31 children with LD in the experimental group twice a week for a…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Learning Disabilities