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Thunberg, Gunilla; Sandberg, Annika Dahlgren; Ahlsen, Elisabeth – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Three children diagnosed within the autism spectrum between the ages of 5 and 7 years at different stages of communication development were supplied with speech-generating devices (SGDs) in their homes. The parents were taught to introduce the SGDs into home routines and the effects were evaluated naturalistically. Videotapes recorded by the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Young Children, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Gillberg, C. – Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1983
Reports results of a neuropsychiatric study focusing on psychiatric disorders in minimal brain disorder (MBD) syndromes. Prevalence figures for marked psychiatric abnormality in MBD were shown to be greater than those for psychiatric abnormality in children with neuroepileptic disorders in the Isle of Wight study. Psychotic behavior was found to…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances