Parental mediation of television viewing and videogaming of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and their siblings
This study explored the mediation strategies that parents of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder used to manage television and video game use, factors associated with their use of different strategies, and whether mediation strategies changed over time. A secondary purpose was to examine whether parents applied different mediation strategies to adolescents with autism spectrum disorder versus siblings, and the factors that created stress related to managing media use. Parents of 29 adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and 16 siblings completed questionnaires at two time points. Parents most frequently supervised...
Source: Autism - July 13, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Kuo, M. H., Magill-Evans, J., Zwaigenbaum, L. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
A sustainable model for training teachers to use pivotal response training
This study assessed the benefits of using the train-the-trainer model to disseminate pivotal response training to school settings. A multiple-baseline design was conducted across three training groups, each consisting of one school staff member (trainer), three special education teachers, and six students. Trainers conducted the teacher-training workshop with high adherence to training protocol and met mastery criteria in their ability to implement pivotal response training, assess implementation of pivotal response training, and provide feedback to teachers. Six of the nine teachers mastered all components of pivotal resp...
Source: Autism - July 13, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Suhrheinrich, J. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
The role of anger rumination and autism spectrum disorder-linked perseveration in the experience of aggression in the general population
This study (a) examined the role of anger rumination as a mediator of the relation between social anxiety and the experience of anger, hostility, and aggression, in the general population, and (b) evaluated the degree to which the presence of autism spectrum disorder characteristics moderates the indirect influence of anger rumination. We then explored whether social cognition and perseveration characteristic of autism spectrum disorder uniquely accounted for the predicted moderation. In this survey study of young adults (n = 948), anger rumination mediated the relation between social anxiety and hostility, as well as verb...
Source: Autism - July 13, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Pugliese, C. E., Fritz, M. S., White, S. W. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Services for children with autism spectrum disorder in three, large urban school districts: Perspectives of parents and educators
This study used qualitative methods to evaluate the perceptions of parents, educators, and school administrators in three large, urban school districts (Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Rochester) regarding services for children with autism spectrum disorder within the context of limited district resources. Facilitators followed a standard discussion guide that contained open-ended questions regarding participants’ views on strengths and limitations of existing services and contextual factors that would facilitate or inhibit the process of introducing new interventions. Three primary themes were identified: (1) tension...
Source: Autism - July 13, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Iadarola, S., Hetherington, S., Clinton, C., Dean, M., Reisinger, E., Huynh, L., Locke, J., Conn, K., Heinert, S., Kataoka, S., Harwood, R., Smith, T., Mandell, D. S., Kasari, C. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
The longitudinal relation between childhood autistic traits and psychosexual problems in early adolescence: The Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey study
This study investigated the longitudinal relation between autistic traits in childhood (T1; age 10-12 years) and parent-reported psychosexual problems in early adolescence (T2; age 12-15 years). In a general population cohort study (n = 1873; the Tracking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS)), autistic traits and psychosexual problems were determined. Logistic regression analyses were used to investigate whether childhood autistic traits, in individuals displaying no psychosexual problems in childhood, predicted the presence of psychosexual problems in adolescence, while controlling for pubertal development ...
Source: Autism - July 13, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Dekker, L. P., Hartman, C. A., van der Vegt, E. J., Verhulst, F. C., van Oort, F. V., Greaves-Lord, K. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Profile and predictors of service needs for families of children with autism spectrum disorders
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Findings can help professionals, funders, and policy-makers tailor services to best meet families’ needs. (Source: Autism)
Source: Autism - July 13, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Hodgetts, S., Zwaigenbaum, L., Nicholas, D. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Evidence-based, parent-mediated interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorder: The case of restricted and repetitive behaviors
This article reviews how 29 parent-mediated interventions approached the management, treatment, and measurement of restricted and repetitive behaviors. Recommendations for research and practice are presented. (Source: Autism)
Source: Autism - July 13, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Harrop, C. Tags: Review Articles Source Type: research
A review of cultural adaptations of screening tools for autism spectrum disorders
Screening children to determine risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders has become more common, although some question the advisability of such a strategy. The purpose of this systematic review is to identify autism screening tools that have been adapted for use in cultures different from that in which they were developed, evaluate the cultural adaptation process, report on the psychometric properties of the adapted instruments, and describe the implications for further research and clinical practice. A total of 21 articles met criteria for inclusion, reporting on the cultural adaptation of autism screening in 19 countries and ...
Source: Autism - July 13, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Soto, S., Linas, K., Jacobstein, D., Biel, M., Migdal, T., Anthony, B. J. Tags: Review Articles Source Type: research
Notes on a puzzle piece
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Source: Autism - July 13, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Grinker, R. R., Mandell, D. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Lay abstracts
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Source: Autism - June 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Tags: Lay abstracts Source Type: research
Measuring social communication behaviors as a treatment endpoint in individuals with autism spectrum disorder
This report discusses the relative strengths and weaknesses of existing social communication measures for use in clinical trials and identifies specific areas in need of further development. (Source: Autism)
Source: Autism - June 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Anagnostou, E., Jones, N., Huerta, M., Halladay, A. K., Wang, P., Scahill, L., Horrigan, J. P., Kasari, C., Lord, C., Choi, D., Sullivan, K., Dawson, G. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety in youth with an autism spectrum disorder: A follow-up study
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety in youth with an autism spectrum disorder appears efficacious; however, maintenance of treatment gains has not yet been studied. Using a sample of 32 youth who had benefited at least minimally from a past trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety in autism spectrum disorder, this study assessed anxiety symptoms in youth 10–26 months following treatment completion. Compared to baseline, follow-up scores were associated with large effects for treatment. Relative to post-treatment, a small effect for return in symptoms was present and significantly fewer individuals were ...
Source: Autism - June 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Selles, R. R., Arnold, E. B., Phares, V., Lewin, A. B., Murphy, T. K., Storch, E. A. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Limitations in social anticipation are independent of imaginative and Theory of Mind abilities in children with autism but not in typically developing children
Anticipating future interactions is characteristic of our everyday social experiences, yet has received limited empirical attention. Little is known about how children with autism spectrum disorder, known for their limitations in social interactive skills, engage in social anticipation. We asked children with autism spectrum disorder and their typically developing counterparts to consider an interaction with another person in the near future. Our results suggest that children with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing children performed similarly when anticipating the age, gender, and possible questions of anot...
Source: Autism - June 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Angus, D. J., de Rosnay, M., Lunenburg, P., Meerum Terwogt, M., Begeer, S. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting adapted to Autism (VIPP-AUTI): A randomized controlled trial
In a randomized controlled trial, we evaluated the early intervention program Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting adapted to Autism (VIPP-AUTI) with 78 primary caregivers and their child (16–61 months) with Autism Spectrum Disorder. VIPP-AUTI is a brief attachment-based intervention program, focusing on improving parent–child interaction and reducing the child’s individual Autism Spectrum Disorder–related symptomatology in five home visits. VIPP-AUTI, as compared with usual care, demonstrated efficacy in reducing parental intrusiveness. Moreover, parents who received VIPP-AUTI ...
Source: Autism - June 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Poslawsky, I. E., Naber, F. B., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., van Daalen, E., van Engeland, H., van IJzendoorn, M. H. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Judgments of social awkwardness from brief exposure to children with and without high-functioning autism
This study examines whether typical adults judge children with high-functioning autism to be more socially awkward than their typically developing peers based on very brief exposure to still images, audio-visual, video-only, or audio-only information. We used video and audio recordings of children with and without high-functioning autism captured during a story-retelling task. Typically developing adults were presented with 1 s and 3 s clips of these children, as well as still images, and asked to judge whether the person in the clip was socially awkward. Our findings show that participants who are naïve to diagnostic...
Source: Autism - June 12, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Grossman, R. B. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
