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Salomone, Erica; Shephard, Elizabeth; Milosavljevic, Bosiljka; Johnson, Mark H.; Charman, Tony; Baron-Cohen, Simon; Bedford, Rachael; Bolton, Patrick; Chandler, Susie; Elsabbagh, Mayada; Fernandes, Janice; Garwood, Holly; Gliga, Teodora; Hudry, Kristelle; Jones, Emily J. H.; Pasco, Greg; Pickles, Andrew; Tucker, Leslie; Volein, Agnes – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Cognitive and adaptive behaviour abilities early in life provide important clinical prognostic information. We examined stability of such skills in children at high familial risk for ASD who either met diagnostic criteria for ASD at age 7 years (HR-ASD, n = 15) or did not (HR-non-ASD, n = 24) and low-risk control children (LR, n = 37),…
Descriptors: Children, At Risk Persons, Cognitive Ability, Behavior Problems
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Brittany E. Matheson; Jennifer M. Douglas – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Pediatric obesity is associated with negative health and psychosocial consequences. However, obesity may not uniformly affect all populations. Limited research has investigated the factors that contribute to the incidence and persistence of overweight and obesity among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This review systematically…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Obesity, Children, Etiology
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Preece, David; Murray, Jane; Rose, Richard; Zhao, Yu; Garner, Philip – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Data were collected from heads of households across Bhutan to gain insights regarding children with disabilities up to 18 years in Bhutan. Fieldwork was conducted by local enumerators, trained by researchers from the UK who analysed and interpreted the data. Results indicate that whilst there are largely positive attitudes towards children with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Children, Adolescents
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Rodgers, Lucy; Harding, Sam; Rees, Rachel; Clarke, Michael T. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2022
Background: Recent evidence suggests that pre-school children with co-occurring phonological speech sound disorder (SSD) and expressive language difficulties are at a higher risk of ongoing communication and literacy needs in comparison with children with these difficulties in isolation. However, to date there has been no systematic or scoping…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Phonology, Speech Impairments, Expressive Language
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Toseeb, Umar; Asbury, Kathryn – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Autistic children and adolescents and their parents are likely to have been disproportionally affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. There has been little focus on how the mental health of these vulnerable families developed during the pandemic and how it compared to those with other special educational needs and disabilities. Questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Adolescents, Mental Health
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Burenkova, Olga V.; Podturkin, Aleksei A. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
Under conditions of suboptimal parental care, children with specific temperamental features have been shown to be especially vulnerable to the effects of stress. Most studies of temperamentally vulnerable children have been conducted using parental questionnaires, which are unfortunately not completely objective. An alternative approach, the use…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Children, Child Rearing, At Risk Persons
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Yoder, Paul J.; Stone, Wendy L.; Edmunds, Sarah R. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
Younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders (HR-Sibs) are at elevated risk for social communication deficits and language delays. One way to mitigate this risk early, before these deficits and delays become clear or impairing, may be to equip parents to use the strategies taught through the "Improving Parents as Communication…
Descriptors: Intervention, Siblings, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Tarricone, Pina; Mestan, Kemran; Teo, Ian – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerabilities and inequalities of national education systems and hindered the education of millions of children globally. In response, the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Centre, which is a long-term, strategic partnership between the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and the…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Emergency Programs, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Endris, Sofiya; Sitota, Galata – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the life of Harar City street children. In view of that, the following research questions were forwarded; what are the major causes that make children leave their homes for the streets? Do street children use psychoactive substances? What type of psychoactive substance do street children use? Based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, At Risk Persons, Homeless People, Drug Abuse
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Cutuli, J. J.; Herbers, Janette E. – Child Development, 2019
This study considers risk associated with family homelessness for school functioning and experimental evidence on the effects of different housing interventions over time. Students in homeless families (N = 172; M[subscript age] = 7.31; SD = 4.15) were randomized to housing interventions that focus on acute risks (community-based rapid rehousing),…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Homeless People, Housing, Intervention
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Walls, Morgan; Broder-Fingert, Sarabeth; Feinberg, Emily; Drainoni, Mari-Lynn; Bair-Merritt, Megan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at high risk for being overweight and obese. Little is known about how obesity in children with ASD is being addressed in primary care. This article reports findings from a survey completed by 327 general pediatricians, which included a fictional clinical vignette and Likert-scales assessing…
Descriptors: Obesity, Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
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Wang, Jiaxing; Ding, Gang; Li, Ying; Hua, Ning; Wei, Nan; Qi, Xiaoli; Ning, Yuxian; Zhang, Ying; Li, Xue; Li, Jing; Song, Linlin; Qian, Xuehan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Amblyopia risk factors in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are usually hard to detect in early childhood due to poor cooperation and has not been reported in the Chinese population. We screened 168 Chinese children with ASD, aged between 3 and 8 years, and 264 age-matched neurotypical children with Spot photoscreener and basic…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Foreign Countries, Children
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Cabbage, Kathryn L.; Farquharson, Kelly; Iuzzini-Seigel, Jenya; Zuk, Jennifer; Hogan, Tiffany P. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2018
Purpose: Children with dyslexia have speech production deficits in a variety of spoken language contexts. In this article, we discuss the nature of speech production errors in children with dyslexia, including those who have a history of speech sound disorder and those who do not, to familiarize speech-language pathologists with speech…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Speech Impairments, Error Patterns, Children
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Turgut, Yigit Emrah; Kursun, Engin – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Purpose: This study aims to examine the current state of mobile Internet experience of the children in Turkey and to compare the Internet experiences of the children in Turkey to the children living in seven European countries included in the Net Children Go Mobile (NCGM) project. Research Methods: In this study, a descriptive research design was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Telecommunications, Children
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Lu, Yao; He, Qian; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Child Development, 2020
Although many immigrant children to the United States arrive with their parents, a notable proportion are first separated and later reunited with their parents. How do the experiences of separation and reunification shape the well-being of immigrant children? Data were from a national survey of legal adult immigrants and their families, the New…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Separation Anxiety, Parent Child Relationship
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