Goldfarb, Yael Gal, Eynat Golan, Ofer
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
This mixed-methods study examined longitudinal data, assessing Israeli autistic adults' employment-related changes, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the quantitative phase, 23 participants answered a survey before and during COVID-19, assessing work-status, mental health, and work-related psychological need satisfaction. The qualitative pha...
Berger, Natalie I. Wainer, Allison L. Kuhn, Jocelyn Bearss, Karen Attar, Shana Carter, Alice S. Ibanez, Lisa V. Ingersoll, Brooke R. Neiderman, Hannah Scott, Sabine
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
The COVID-19 pandemic, and associated social distancing mandates, has placed significant limitations on in-person health services, requiring creative solutions for supporting clinicians engaged in the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This report describes the five virtual instruments available at the time of manuscript development for u...
Yakubova, Gulnoza Chen, Briella Baer
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Teaching parents how to create their own video-prompting (VP) and implement it to help their children learn daily living tasks at home can be empowering for parents. Using a multiple probe across three tasks design, we examined the effects of parent-created and parent-implemented VP and error correction strategy on teaching three daily living tasks...
Cagliani, Rachel R. Snyder, Sara Kathryn White, Emily N.
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an intensive toilet training program on continence and self-initiation for elementary children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Researchers used a non-concurrent multiple baseline design (Watson and Workman in J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 12:257–259, 1981, 10.1016/0005-7916(81)90055-0) ...
Pickard, Katherine Mellman, Hannah Frost, Kyle Reaven, Judy Ingersoll, Brooke
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions (NDBIs) are evidence-based interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorder. There has been growing interest in implementing manualized NDBIs within the early intervention (EI) system without a clear understanding of how these programs and the broader strategies encompassed within th...
Botha, Monique Hanlon, Jacqueline Williams, Gemma Louise
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
In response to Vivanti’s ‘Ask The Editor…’ paper [ Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50 (2), 691–693], we argue that the use of language in autism research has material consequences for autistic people including stigmatisation, dehumanisation, and violence. Further, that the debate in the use of person-first language versus identity-fi...
Ketcheson, Leah Staples, Kerri Pitchford, Edward Andrew Loetzner, Franziska
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
While there is wide consensus regarding the importance of early intervention, health is rarely considered within priorities. Twenty-five children on the autism spectrum ( M age = 4.67, SD = 0.82) participated in a 12-week physical activity intervention. Primary objective was to examine impact of a physical activity intervention on physical activity...
Padilla, Kristen L. Akers, Jessica S.
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
The purpose of this study is to provide content validity evidence for the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP). A national panel of 13 experts provided an evaluation of the domain relevance, age appropriateness, method of measurement appropriateness, and domain representation across the three levels of the Milestone...
Lunsky, Y. Albaum, C. Baskin, A. Hastings, R. P. Hutton, S. Steel, L. Wang, W. Weiss, J.
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Mindfulness-based approaches have been shown to be effective in improving the mental health of parents of youth and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities, but prior work suggests that geography and caregiving demands can make in-person attendance challenging. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability...
Corona, Laura L Wagner, Liliana Wade, Joshua Weitlauf, Amy S Hine, Jeffrey Nicholson, Amy Stone, Caitlin Vehorn, Alison Warren, Zachary
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Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Barriers to identifying autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in young children in a timely manner have led to calls for novel screening and assessment strategies. Combining computational methods with clinical expertise presents an opportunity for identifying patterns within large clinical datasets that can inform new assessment paradigms. The present stu...
