Greaves, N Prince, E Evans, D W Charman, T
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Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR
These findings confirm the range of repetitive behaviours that form part of the behavioural phenotype of PWS, including insistence on sameness and 'just right' behaviours, and uncover a surprising overlap with those seen in children with autism. Clinical management for children with PWS should include advice and education regarding management of re...
Danielsson, H Rönnberg, J Andersson, J
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The interaction pattern is explained in terms of absent, present or implausible semantic associations between the person and the environmental context. The results are discussed in relation to augmentative and alternative communication with photographs.
Carlesimo, G A Galloni, F Bonanni, R Sabbadini, M
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To investigate the nature of the articulatory rehearsal mechanism of the Articulatory Loop in Baddeley's Working Memory model, it seems particularly important to study individuals who developed a deficit (dysarthria) or total abolition (anarthria) of the ability to articulate language following a cerebral lesion. In this study, a forced-choice reco...
Seung, H K Ashwell, S Elder, J H Valcante, G
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Results of this study suggested that the parents had learned to wait for their children to communicate verbally during communicative interactions and to interact more efficiently with their children by using verbal imitation. Overall, the results of this study support the efficacy of parent training that focuses on promotion of social reciprocity, ...
Wooff, D A Schneider, J M
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The BBN is the appropriate methodology to model complex relationships and interventions for problems such as these. The model developed in this study can be used to assess and improve the fit between people and jobs, both at the individual level and for groups of employees, and can take into account different kinds of quality for different stakehol...
Howlin, P Udwin, O
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The findings highlight the need for far better understanding of conditions such as Williams syndrome among professionals working in adult services and the need for more adequate support from educational, health and social services.
van Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk, H M J... Wullink, M van den Akker, M van Heurn-Nijsten, E W A Metsemakers, J F M Dinant, G J
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Results are based on a combination of identification methods. Thirteen per cent of uncertain cases led to minimum and maximum estimates of the population. Limitations of the method and alternative ways of data collection are discussed.
Young, J Zarcone, J Holsen, L Anderson, M C Hall, S Richman, D Butler, M G Thompson, T
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The findings from the survey indicate that individuals with PWS are able to discriminate the appropriateness of eating items in more or less contaminated areas; however, the amount of time spent seeking food and the amount of food covertly consumed appeared to depend more directly on age and BMI.
Didden, R Korzilius, H Kamphuis, A Sturmey, P Lancioni, G Curfs, L M G
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This study shows that people with AS often have strong preferences for water-related items. The modified CAS is a reliable and sensitive instrument to assess client preferences.
Kittler, P Krinsky-McHale, S J Devenny, D A
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The production of intrusion errors during a verbal WM task is a characteristic of middle-aged adults with DS. This suggests compromised executive function and control of inhibition within the verbal modality for this group. Further, verbal intrusions are a qualitative aspect of verbal processing that merit attention in considering the issue of defi...
