Task sustenance and joint attention were most effective to decrease a patient's disorganized behavior, whereas emotional support was most effective in increasing initiatives from the patient. Meaningful response from staff and emotional support , which were assumed to be effective towards disorganized ...
Quinn, an autistic boy, and the line of toys he made before falling asleep. Repeatedly stacking or lining up objects is a behavior commonly associated with autism. Credit: Wikipedia. Psychologists from Cardiff University have developed the first self-assessment test designed to help clinicians diagno...
The wide range of intellectual and language skills associated with autism was highlighted in Lorna Wing’s article (1981), “Asperger's syndrome: a clinical account”. This described a group of individuals, many of whom were adults, who, despite showing the core symptoms of autism were of at...
Further, our finding in this study that individuals with ASD are more willing to expend effort to obtain a reward may signal a bias towards persistent approach motivated behavior in ASD in general and not just in regard to decisions around circumscribed interests. A limitation of this work is ...
This quantitative study was designed to examine whether the visual information provided by extra-facial elements(i.e., human bodies and contextual surroundings) affects emotion-identification accuracy among young adults with an autism spectrum disorder. Participants were 15 young adults with autism spectru...
Joint attention is a predictor of ability in several core dom... MP Martins,SL Harris - 《Child & Family Behavior Therapy》 被引量: 47发表: 2006年 Teaching Emotion Recognition Skills to Children with Autism Autism is associated with difficulty interacting with others and an impaired ability to...
We explored internal control of behavior using direct observation and parent report. Previous research has found that both the delay of gratification task ... S Faja,G Dawson - 《Autism the International Journal of Research & Practice》 被引量: 6发表: 2015年 Preparing Adults with Autism Spectru...
Aspiritech's autism specialist. For many of them, software testing is not going to be their lifelong career, Lazar said, "but while they're here they're going to improve their job skills and they're going to learn what kind of behavior is expected on the job and they're going to hav...
In the long run, age-inappropriate behavior can undermine an autistic person even if that person is intelligent, articulate, hard-working, and good-natured. Increasing Age-Appropriate Interests and Behaviors We are in a time when “nerd culture” is cool, typical teens and adults dress up as ...
The Management of Aggressive Behavior Judith E. Favell Pages 187-222 Family Perspectives Front Matter Pages 223-223 Download chapter PDF Family Needs of the Autistic Adolescent Marian K. DeMyer, Peg Goldberg Pages 225-250 Stress and Coping in Families of Autistic Adolescents Marie M...