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Understanding Attention and Intermodal Processing Difficulties in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2019-03-05)
Problems with social orienting, attention, and intermodal processing (IMP) involving social events are considered to be important deficits in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The present study aimed to better ...
Raising An Adolescent With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Qualitative Study
(2016-11-25)
The aim of this study was to investigate parent experiences of raising an adolescent with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Nine families participated in semi-structured in-depth interviews. Using thematic analysis, informed ...
Disengagement, Shifting and Engagement of Attention in Children And Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
(2016-09-20)
The present study examined the disengaging, shifting, and engaging abilities of children and adolescents with ASD compared to age- and cognitive ability-matched typically developing (TD) peers. Previous research has found ...
Parent and Family Factors Related to Children's Progress in Intensive Behavioural Intervention
(2015-01-26)
The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between parent and family demographic, psychosocial, and involvement factors and the progress of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Intensive Behavioural ...
Identifying Attention Commonalities and Differences Between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2015-08-28)
The present study examined one of Posner and Petersen’s (1990) attention networks (i.e., orienting – the ability to selectively focus on pertinent information) in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as compared ...
Nonverbal Measurement of Metamemory and its Relation to Autism-Like Traits
(2018-03-01)
Metamemory develops early in childhood with language, but may be impaired in disorders like autism spectrum disorders. Because of its strong links to language, most attempts to measure metamemory have relied strongly on ...
The Experience of South Asian Immigrant and Canadian Mothers of Children with a Developmental Disability: A Mixed Methods Study
(2018-08-27)
Purpose: To explore the similarities and differences between the experiences of South Asian immigrant and Canadian mothers raising a child with developmental disabilities using the Perry (2004) model. Research questions: ...
Examining Stress and Coping in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2021-11-15)
Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are at risk for experiencing elevated levels of distress; coping has been shown to moderate parents experience of distress, but popular instruments of both stress and ...