and special interests often have a more social content; women may also be better able to develop compensatory behaviors that mask their social difficulties (e.g. Dean et al.2017; Duvekot et al.2017; Lai et al.2017; Mandy2019). As standard autism diagnostic assessments make no allowance for ...
Outcome measures in intervention trials for adults with autism spectrum disorders; a systematic review of assessments of core autism features and associated emotional and behavioural problems. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 2015;24:99–115. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Bolte EE, Diehl...
Krasno's forthcoming book chapter emphasizes culturally informed, strength-based assessments that move beyond the medical model, which often frames autism in terms of deficits. She highlights the need for tools that consider the unique experiences ofautistic individualsacross diverse identities and interse...
The inclusion and exclusion criteria, diag- nostic protocols and clinical assessments of study partici- pants were the same as our previous study.12 In all, 24 adult males (mean age ¼ 29.5, range ¼ 20–44 years) with a clinical diagnosis of high-functioning ASDs were recruited from ...
‘They are being robbed of their potential’: Thousands of children with special needs waiting years for vital therapy Parents worry that their children are slipping through the cracks of service beset by staff shortages, deficient assessments and a morale crisis Sun Aug 11 2024 - 06:30 Nearly ...
This study relied on self-report measures from the same single source rather than any independent assessments or from other sources. In addition, the study did not examine the impact of other life stresses, or what is referred to in the Double ABCX model as pile up demands. It is possible...
[96] This was not primarily considered in this commentary, although the association between camouflaging behaviour and mental health problems has been acknowledged; such factors are often screened out in more fundamental neuroimaging research but, again, should figure in future assessments of ongoing ...
INTERVIEW PROCESS DESIGN CHECKLIST ü Determine the skills needed for each role ü Design activities and assessments for desired skills ü Train hiring managers and all involved on interview techniques suited to those with autism ü Communicate expectations clearly with all involved ü Be specific about...
A subset of families (n = 18), selected at random, were offered parent-mediated support—specifically parent delivered early start denver model (P-ESDM; Rogers et al., 2012)—between their T2 and T3 assessments, as an adjunct to their other group/centre-based service enrolment ESDM ...
Assessments take place at the baseline (T0), at the end of baseline phase A (T1), after completion of intervention phase B (T2), after the end of post-measurement phase C (T3) and after one year (T4). Qualitative interviews of participants, parents and therapists will be held to ...