Aim: This is a cross-national study with the aim to explore the development of children with autism over time in the UK and Greece. The focus of the study was to investigate the differences in language and social skills between children with autism across the two countries who were receiving different types of treatment: speech and language…

Following 14 weeks of therapy conducted by volunteer teachers, experimental subjects showed a statistically significant rise in assertiveness, particularly with their peers. The correlation between the teacher's role performance and degree of child's improvement suggests that this technique was instrumental in change. (Author/CJ)

An 8-year-old hospitalized severaly autistic boy was given up to 8 hours per day of therapy for 5 months in an attempt to establish a strong child-therapist affection relationship (which would serve as the basis for all other therapy) and to train the child through a behavior modification program. The teacher-therapist was a graduate student…