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Hannah Waddington; Sally Curtis; Lauren van Noorden; Jeff Sigafoos; Larah van der Meer; Andrew Whitehouse – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
Parents are often expected to be the primary implementers of intervention for their young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The provision of a few hours a week of intervention by a trained therapist, in addition to parent-implemented intervention, could increase child outcomes compared to parent-implemented intervention in isolation.…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Diagnostic Tests, Observation, Early Intervention
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Beadle-Brown, Julie; Wilkinson, David; Richardson, Lisa; Shaughnessy, Nicola; Trimingham, Melissa; Leigh, Jennifer; Whelton, Beckie; Himmerich, Julian – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
We report the feasibility of a novel, school-based intervention, coined 'Imagining Autism', in which children with autism engage with drama practitioners though participatory play and improvisation in a themed multi-sensory 'pod' resembling a portable, tent-like structure. A total of 22 children, aged 7-12 years, from three UK schools engaged in…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Drama, Intervention
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Leezenbaum, Nina B.; Campbell, Susan B.; Butler, Derrecka; Iverson, Jana M. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This study investigates mothers' responses to infant communication among infants at heightened genetic risk (high risk) of autism spectrum disorder compared to infants with no such risk (low risk). A total of 26 infants, 12 of whom had an older sibling with autism spectrum disorder, were observed during naturalistic in-home interaction and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders