Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities articles from September 2005

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities archives from September 2005

No Child Left Behind and students with autism spectrum disorders.
September 22, 2005... The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) is a complex, sweeping, and controversial law that was passed as a reaction to the low academic achievement exhibited by so many public school students in the United States. This powerful law...

Evidence-based practices and students with autism spectrum disorders.
September 22, 2005... The past several years have been witness to a variety of education reform and reorganization efforts, including for students with disabilities. Prominent among these restructuring efforts have been initiatives that require educators to adopt...

Using a modified social story to decrease disruptive behavior of a child with autism.
September 22, 2005... Despite the popularity of Social Stories[TM] as an intervention for disruptive behavior in children with autism, there have been few investigations on the effectiveness of Social Stories. Scat-tone, Wilczynski, Edwards, and Rabian (2002) found...

Repair strategies used by elementary-age beginning communicators with autism: a preliminary descriptive study.
September 22, 2005... This descriptive study extends previous studies on communication repairs by (a) involving elementary-age children with autism who are prelinguistic to emergent one-word communicators and (b) examining repair strategies in terms of the...

Congenital versus regressive onset of autism spectrum disorders: parents' beliefs about causes.
September 22, 2005... Recent studies have validated the phenomenon of autistic regression, but little is known about how regressive and congenital onsets of the disorder influence parents' thinking about autism and its etiology. Parents (N = 327) of children with...

Experiences of families with children with autism in rural New England.
September 22, 2005... This study examined the impact of children with autism on their families. Twenty-one parents who were the primary caregivers were interviewed about (a) recognition and diagnosis of autism in their child, (b) intervention services accessed, and...

Healthcare for Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Guide to Medical, Nutritional, and Behavioral Issues.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Healthcare for Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Guide to Medical, Nutritional, and Behavioral Issues Volkmar, F. R., & Wiesner, L. A. (2004). Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House. 375 pages, $21.95 (paperback). Volkmar and Wiesner's volume...

Calendar.(Calendar)
September 22, 2005... * OCTOBER 13-16, 2005 Division for Early Childhood, 21st Annum International Conference on Young Children With Special Needs and Their Families. Portland, OR. Contact: 406/ 243-5814; e-mail: dec@selway.umt.edu; Web site: http://www.dec-sped.org...