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Zaidman-Zait, Anat – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Parenting is a cognitive, emotional, and behavioral endeavor, where parents' control capacities, including executive functions and active control coping, help parents to guide and regulate interactions with their children; yet limited research investigates how these capacities are associated with parent-child affective regulation processes during…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Executive Function
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Meir, Natalia; Novogrodsky, Rama – First Language, 2020
The aim of the current study was two-fold. First, it evaluated the influence of bilingualism on syntactic abilities and verbal memory of children with High Functioning Autism (HFA). Second, it explored the relationship between syntactic abilities and verbal memory of children with HFA and typical language development (TLD). Eighty-six monolingual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Syntax, Language Skills, Verbal Ability
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Tokatly Latzer, Itay; Leitner, Yael; Karnieli-Miller, Orit – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
The lockdown that was imposed by governments as part of the attempt to contain the COVID-19 pandemic included extreme measures, such as home confinement and the shutting down of special education systems. Our aim was to learn about the core experiences of parents of children with autism during this significant life disturbance. Thirty-one parents…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control, Autism
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Sinai-Gavrilov, Yana; Gev, Tali; Mor-Snir, Irit; Vivanti, Giacomo; Golan, Ofer – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Early intensive intervention has been shown to significantly affect the development of children with autism spectrum disorder. However, the costly implementation of such interventions limits their wide dissemination in the community. This study examined an integration of the Early Start Denver Model into community preschool programs for children…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preschool Children
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Sinai-Gavrilov, Yana; Gev, Tali; Mor-Snir, Irit; Golan, Ofer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) impacts various developmental domains, requiring interventions by professionals from multiple disciplines. In Israel, ASD community preschools' multidisciplinary teams aim to provide each child with an integrative intervention program. The current study focused on the working experience of 21 professionals from…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intervention
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Pinchover, Shulamit; Shulman, Cory – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Play and playfulness have a key role in children's development. Not enough is known about the playfulness of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and its relationship to children's behavioural problems, as well as the role of caregiver behaviours during play in this relationship. The present study examines the moderating role of teachers'…
Descriptors: Play, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Teacher Student Relationship
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Levy, Yonata; Bar-Yuda, Chanit – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
The study focuses on language and cognitive abilities of siblings of the linguistically most affected children with autism (i.e. siblings of nonverbal children--SIBS-ANV). Twenty-eight SIBS-ANV (17 boys), ages 4-9 years, took part in the study. All children attended regular schools, and none had received a diagnosis of autism. Controls were 27…
Descriptors: Siblings, Autism, Cognitive Ability, Family Environment
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Kozulin, A.; Lebeer, J.; Madella-Noja, A.; Gonzalez, F.; Jeffrey, I.; Rosenthal, N.; Koslowsky, M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The study aimed at exploring the effectiveness of cognitive intervention with the new "Instrumental Enrichment Basic" program (IE-basic), based on Feuerstein's theory of structural cognitive modifiability that contends that a child's cognitive functioning can be significantly modified through mediated learning intervention. The IE-basic…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Mental Age, Intervention, Autism
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Vorgraft, Yitzchak; Farbstein, Ilana; Spiegel, Rene; Apter, Alan – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2007
The objective of this preliminary study was to evaluate a novel intensive therapy program in young children with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). Twenty-three children treated at the Mifne Institute in Israel between 1997 and 1999 were assessed. Videos taken before coming to Mifne and after intensive treatment at the institute and before…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Behavior, Rating Scales, Autism