Sharpley, Christopher F. Bitsika, Vicki Sarmukadam, Kimaya McMillan, Mary E. Agnew, Linda L.
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) also often suffer from elevated stress and anxiety. These states can be measured via reports of behaviour (from self or others) or from physiological measures of stress, including the symptoms of Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and salivary cortisol, respectively. The use of these measures assumes a d...
Cagliani, Rachel R. Ayres, Kevin M. Ringdahl, Joel E. Whiteside, Erinn
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is a tool used by individuals unable to communicate or experience difficulty communicating vocally. Previous research has demonstrated that individuals will vary their communicative responding when reinforcement is delayed and when the response effort to communicate is increased. This study evaluated...
Carrion, Takema James Miltenberger, Raymond G. Quinn, Mallory
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of auditory feedback to improve dance movements of children with disabilities. The target behaviors were fundamental dance skills, individualized to each student, and scored using a task analysis to calculate the percentage of correct steps. The results showed that auditory feedback increased th...
Almasri, Nihad A. Dunst, Carl J. Saleh, Maysoun Okasheh, Rasha
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Enhancing services utilization for children with cerebral palsy is a national priority particularly in middle and low income countries. Based on Andersen’s (1995) Behavioral Model of Health Services Use and previous research findings, a conceptual model was developed to identify child, family, and service determinants of utilization of services by ...
Valbuena, Diego Miltenberger, Raymond Livingston, Cynthia Slattery, Lindsey
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Physical inactivity is a widespread problem associated with numerous health problems and many individuals with intellectual disabilities are physically inactive. This study used an ABAB design to evaluate a session-based self-monitoring and monetary reinforcement intervention for increasing walking by adults with intellectual disabilities at a work...
Rivera, Gabby Gerow, Stephanie Kirkpatrick, Marie
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
A systematic review was conducted to assess the types of school-based interventions commonly used for adolescents (10 to 21 years) to reduce challenging behavior. A total of 40 articles were identified through the database search and ancillary searches. Participant, implementer, and intervention characteristics were recorded during descriptive codi...
Jimenez, Bree Saunders, Alicia
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Subitizing is an early numeracy mathematical skill where students are able to state the quantity of something without counting. This mathematical skill is more efficient than counting with one-to-one correspondence and leads to increased addition speed and accuracy. As more research emerges showing students with moderate and severe intellectual dis...
Chen, C.-C. (J. J.) Hunt, L. M. Ringenbach, S. D. R.
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Six-minute walk test (6MWT) has been shown to be a valid and reliable measure of functional performance with respect to mobility in individuals with Down syndrome (DS). However, a wide variability of walking distance was observed from previous studies. Thus, there is a need to investigate the possible influencing factors of walking distance of the ...
Briley, Patrick M. O’Brien, Kevin Ellis, Charles
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Stuttering is a disorder that has been associated with anxiety and other aspects of negatively impacted well-being due to disruptions in the communicative process. The objective of this study was to explore behavioral, emotional and social well-being among children who stutter (CWS) and children who do not stutter (CWNS), using national data. Data ...
Lai, Man-Chi Chiang, Ming-Shan Shih, Ching-Tien Shih, Ching-Hsiang
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Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of using a vibration reminder with three students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to ameliorate their hyperactive behavior during class. The intervention of using a vibration reminder was based on the concept of providing nonverbal messages to manage students’ behav...
