Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Noninvasive Autonomous Robot-Mediated Joint Attention Intervention System for Young Children With ASD

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of teacher implemented JA intervention on improving teacher- child communication and social interaction among children with ASD. A pretest-posttest design, where the dependent variables are measured once before the treatment is implemented and once after it is implemented, was employed. MW Test was employed, run by SPSS V18.0. MW Test results indicated the effectiveness of teacher implemented Joint Attention intervention on improving teacher- child communication and social interaction among children with ASD. This study could contribute to the literature on teacher implemented Joint Attention intervention as there is dearth research in this area. The study is concerned with training young children with ASD in joint attention which may have substantial effect on their communication and social interaction.

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Disfluency Characteristics Observed in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Report

Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders ◽

10.1044/ffd20.2.42 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 42-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Laura W. Plexico ◽

Julie E. Cleary ◽

Ashlynn McAlpine ◽

Allison M. Plumb

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽

Young Children ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Typically Developing ◽

Children With Asd ◽

Young Children With Autism ◽

Spectrum Disorders ◽

Developmental Stuttering

This descriptive study evaluates the speech disfluencies of 8 verbal children between 3 and 5 years of age with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Speech samples were collected for each child during standardized interactions. Percentage and types of disfluencies observed during speech samples are discussed. Although they did not have a clinical diagnosis of stuttering, all of the young children with ASD in this study produced disfluencies. In addition to stuttering-like disfluencies and other typical disfluencies, the children with ASD also produced atypical disfluencies, which usually are not observed in children with typically developing speech or developmental stuttering. (Yairi & Ambrose, 2005).

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Implications of teaching strategies for the student--teacher relationship in young children with ASD

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e596262013-001 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Barbara Caplan ◽

Lauren Berkovits ◽

Jan Blacher ◽

Abbey Eisenhower

Keyword(s):

Young Children ◽

Student Teacher ◽

Teaching Strategies ◽

Student Teacher Relationship ◽

Children With Asd

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Comparing Effect of Active vs. Passive Robotic Interaction on Joint Attention of Children with ASD

Advances in Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-51041-1_40 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 305-311

Author(s):

Faisal Mehmood ◽

Sara Ali ◽

Yasar Ayaz ◽

Muhammad Jawad Khan ◽

Umer Asgher

Keyword(s):

Joint Attention ◽

Children With Asd

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Parent-reported feeding and swallowing difficulties of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (aged 3 to 5 years) compared to typically developing peers: a South African study

African Health Sciences ◽

10.4314/ahs.v20i1.59 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 524-532

Author(s):

Mari Viviers ◽

Marguerite Jongh ◽

Lindsay Dickonson ◽

Roxanne Malan ◽

Tamaryn Pike

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽

Young Children ◽

South African ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Typically Developing ◽

Children With Asd ◽

Swallowing Difficulties ◽

Spectrum Disorders

Background: Research on aspects of neurodevelopment such as feeding and swallowing difficulties in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is limited in low and middle income countries such as South Africa. Method: A descriptive comparative group design was used to investigate feeding and swallowing difficulties of young children with ASD in comparison to typically developing peers. The Brief Autism Mealtime Behavioural Inventory (BAMBI) was used. Results: Findings indicated a significant difference in the severity of feeding and swallowing difficulties between the two groups. Difficulties such as food selectivity, sensory processing difficulties, oral-motor difficulties and symptoms of dysphagia were iden- tified. The findings added to the existing global literature on feeding and swallowing difficulties in young children with ASD but provide a unique first perspective on these difficulties in South African children with ASD. Conclusion: Findings also highlighted the use of the BAMBI as an adjunct clinical tool to encourage comprehensive parental report during feeding assessment in this population. Cultural adaptation of the BAMBI for future use in African countries should be considered. A better local understanding of the parental perspective on the multidimensional nature of the feeding and swallowing difficulties displayed by young children with ASD was obtained. Keywords: Parent-reported feeding; swallowing difficulties; Autism Spectrum Disorders; South Africa.

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