Chen, Jih-Y. Yen, Ming-H. Lin, Ying-H. Liu, Meng-C. Chen, Hong-S. Hu, Shu-H. Liu, Yea-Y.
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Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
The global role of action of family health promotion in all aspects of family health behavior, family health capacity, and family health status has received inadequate empirical examination relative to its potential significance, notably within a causal model pathway. The purposes of the study were to determine whether family health capacity and fa...
Halstead, Elizabeth J. Hastings, Richard P. Griffith, Gemma M.
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Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more likely to engage in behavior problems than children without IDD. In the present study, we explored whether adverse life experiences and events were related to child behavioral and emotional problems. We also examined whether child resilience would act as a protective factor in...
Hong, Esther Dixon, Dennis R. Stevens, Elizabeth Burns, Claire O. Linstead, Erik
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Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at a greater risk for challenging behavior than individuals with other developmental disabilities. An essential step in the treatment of these behaviors is the identification of the function of the behavior. In the current study, data were collected from a large database, in which supervising clin...
Desideri, Lorenzo Negrini, Marco Malavasi, Massimiliano Tanzini, Daniela Rouame, Aziz Cutrone, Maria Cristina Bonifacci, Paola Hoogerwerf, Evert-Jan
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Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Emerging evidence documents that social robots may increase motivation in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) when participating in educational activities. This study reports on the results of a pilot test conducted in a public child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) aimed at exploring whether a social robot could increase engag...
Lancioni, Giulio E. O’Reilly, Mark F. Sigafoos, Jeff D’Amico, Fiora Buonocunto, Francesca Devalle, Guya Trimarchi, Pietro D. Navarro, Jorge Lanzilotti, Crocifissa
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Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
These two studies were aimed at replicating and extending previous research on the use of microswitch-aided intervention for persons in a minimally conscious state (MCS). Study 1 was a new assessment of the effectiveness of such intervention in helping MCS persons increase functional responding to control environmental stimulation. Ten participants...
Davies, Daniel K. Stock, Steven E. Davies, Cameron D. Wehmeyer, Michael L.
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Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Obtaining meaningful, fulfilling employment is important to the enhanced quality of life of all people. Unfortunately, data show that people with disabilities, in general, achieve much poorer employment outcomes than do people without disabilities, and that people with intellectual disability have even less positive employment outcomes. There are m...
Perales-Marín, Alfredo Llópis-González, Agustín Peraita-Costa, Isabel Cervera-Boada, Pablo Téllez de Meneses, Montserrat Marí-Bauset, Salvador Morales-Suárez-Varela, María
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Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Growing interest has been shown in recent decades in the role of perinatal factors in relation to autistic spectrum disorders (ASD). Several studies have identified that cesarean sections (CS) could be a risk factor for ASD. The objective was to evaluate the relationship between CS and ASD in childhood as an early indicator for ASD diagnosis. This ...
van Esch, Lotte O’Nions, Liz Hannes, Karin Ceulemans, Eva Van Leeuwen, Karla Noens, Ilse
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Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Although early adolescence is a challenging period for all parents, parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face additional challenges. At present, little is known about their concrete parenting behaviors during this stage of their child’s development. The main goal of this study was to explore what behaviors parents adopt and inves...
Hansen, Sarah G. Carnett, Amarie Tullis, Christopher A.
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Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Several early social communication skills are theorized to be important for later more complex social behaviors. These skills, such as joint attention, social referencing, and social engagement, emerge very early in young children who are typically developing. For children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental delays, these sk...
Dimian, Adele F. Elmquist, Marianne Reichle, Joe Simacek, Jessica
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Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Caregivers need support with teaching augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The purpose of this study was to coach caregivers via telehealth (i.e., live video conferencing with Google Hangout) to implement communication assessments, functional communication training (FCT), and/or navigation training to address either idiosyncratic or pr...
