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Jull, Stephanie; Mirenda, Pat – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2011
Teaching children with autism to interact with their typically developing peers can be a challenge. Previous research has documented that there are many effective ways to teach social interaction; however, interventions in this regard are usually implemented by professionals. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Play, Autism, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
Cobigo, Virginie; Morin, Diane; Lachapelle, Yves – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Persons with intellectual disability may encounter difficulties in making choices and expressing preferences because of restricted communication skills or a tendency to acquiesce. In addition, many studies provide evidence that these persons have less opportunity to make choices and express their preferences. The aim of this study was to conduct a…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Evaluation
Bernier, Annie; Jarry-Boileau, Veronique; Tarabulsy, George M.; Miljkovitch, Raphaele – Infancy, 2010
The aim of this study was to investigate the relations between pregnancy and childbirth factors and subsequent quality of maternal interactive behavior in a sample of 116 full-term infants and their mothers. Mothers reported on the conditions of childbirth when infants were 6-8 months of age, and their interactive behavior was observed during a…
Descriptors: Mothers, Pregnancy, Infants, Birth
Giroux, Dominique; Robichaud, Line; Paradis, Martin – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2010
Background: The choice of activities responding to the needs of people with moderate to severe dementia is a growing concern for care providers trying to target the need for a feeling of self-accomplishment by adapting activities to the abilities of elderly patients. The activities created by Maria Montessori seem to be adaptable to this…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Dementia, Well Being, Patients
Nesbit, Susan E.; Sianchuk, Robert; Aleksejuniene, Jolanta; Kindiak, Rebecca – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
This study suggests that community service learning experiences facilitate the reconstruction of civil engineering student beliefs about both the type of work performed by civil engineers and the broad impact of civil engineering knowledge. Further, the service learning experiences highlight for students 1) the importance of relationships between…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Role, Service Learning, Criticism
Reis, Giuliano; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Journal of Environmental Education, 2010
Emotions are important aspects in/for the pedagogy of environmental education (EE). However, the literature on the relationship between emotions and EE has not explored how emotion talk furnishes teaching identity claims and mediates instruction in/about the environment. Therefore, the present study draws on two ethnographic case studies to…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Case Studies, Ethnography, Interviews
Dunphy, Bruce; Dunphy, Stacey; Cantwell, Robert; Bourke, Sid; Fleming, Mark – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2010
The relationship between obstetrician attitudes and patient outcomes from intrapartum care was examined. Obstetrician attitudes were assessed utilizing a newly-designed pilot 35-item obstetrician attitude questionnaire (OAQ). Twelve obstetricians completed the OAQ, who provided intra-partum care to 4,149 women. Outcome measures included delivery…
Descriptors: Sleep, Clinical Experience, Affective Behavior, Attitudes
Bloom, Elana; Heath, Nancy – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
Children with nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD) have been found to be worse at recognizing facial expressions than children with verbal learning disabilities (LD) and without LD. However, little research has been done with adolescents. In addition, expressing and understanding facial expressions is yet to be studied among adolescents with LD…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Recognition (Psychology), Learning Disabilities, Verbal Learning
Emotional Intelligence in Asperger Syndrome: Implications of Dissonance between Intellect and Affect
Montgomery, Janine M.; McCrimmon, Adam W.; Schwean, Vicki L.; Saklofske, Donald H. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
Although many individuals with AS keenly desire social relationships, they are often unsuccessful in developing and maintaining them. Emotional intelligence (EI) as both an ability and trait is a construct that offers potential to enhance understanding of emotional and social characteristics of individuals with AS. Twenty-five young adults (aged…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Asperger Syndrome, Social Characteristics, Young Adults
Winton, Sue – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2010
In 2008, People for Education, an Ontario-based parent-led organization, hosted eight policy dialogues with citizens about possibilities for the province's public schools. Policy dialogues are conversations about policy issues, ideas, processes, and outcomes where participants share their knowledge, perspectives, and experiences. In small groups…
Descriptors: Democracy, Individualized Programs, Foreign Countries, Surveys
Casenhiser, Devin M.; Shanker, Stuart G.; Stieben, Jim – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
The study evaluates a social-communication-based approach to autism intervention aimed at improving the social interaction skills of children with autism spectrum disorder. We report preliminary results from an ongoing randomized controlled trial of 51 children aged 2 years 0 months to 4 years 11 months. Participants were assigned to either a…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Young Children, Comparative Analysis
Costigan, Catherine L.; Koryzma, Celine M. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2011
This study examined parenting efficacy beliefs as a mediator of the association between acculturation and adjustment. The sample consisted of 177 immigrant Chinese mothers and fathers with early adolescent children in Canada. Acculturation was assessed bidimensionally as Canadian and Chinese orientations. A latent psychological adjustment variable…
Descriptors: Mothers, Life Satisfaction, Parenting Styles, Acculturation
Boisvert, Marie-Michele; Wright, John; Tremblay, Nadine; McDuff, Pierre – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2011
Understanding couples' relationship problems is fundamental to couple therapy. Although research has documented common relationship problems, no study has used open-ended questions to explore problems in couples seeking therapy in naturalistic settings. The present study used a reliable coding system to explore the relationship problems reported…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Interpersonal Relationship, Therapy, Behavior Problems
Xu, Guang – TESL Canada Journal, 2010
This study was conducted to broaden the scope of studies on interaction. It examined the role of interaction in terms of linguistic, affective, and social aspects. A questionnaire was administered and intensive interviews conducted to reveal the reality of communication between Chinese ESL students and Canadian native English speakers and how…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Role, Second Language Learning, Interaction
Orzeck, Tricia L.; Rokach, Ami; Chin, Jacqueline – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2010
The present study aimed to understand what constitutes a traumatic relationship experience for adults in abusive intimate relationships and what effects, losses, and coping strategies were the most salient for these participants. A total of 101 individuals (42 males, 59 females) who reported experiencing an abusive or traumatic relationship…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Coping, Content Analysis, Violence