Intervention decision-making processes and information preferences of parents of children with autism spectrum disorders

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Grant ◽  
S. Rodger ◽  
T. Hoffmann
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Information Preferences ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

“It's Not Humanly Possible to Do Everything”: Perspectives on Intervention Decision-Making Processes of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erinn Finke ◽  
Kathryn Drager ◽  
Elizabeth C. Serpentine
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Individualized Education Program ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Individual Decision ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Interview Methodology ◽  
Communication Interventions

Purpose The purpose of this investigation was to understand the decision-making processes used by parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) related to communication-based interventions. Method Qualitative interview methodology was used. Data were gathered through interviews. Each parent had a child with ASD who was at least four-years-old; lived with their child with ASD; had a child with ASD without functional speech for communication; and used at least two different communication interventions. Results Parents considered several sources of information for learning about interventions and provided various reasons to initiate and discontinue a communication intervention. Parents also discussed challenges introduced once opinions of the school individualized education program (IEP) team had to be considered. Conclusions Parents of children with ASD primarily use individual decision-making processes to select interventions. This discrepancy speaks to the need for parents and professionals to share a common “language” about interventions and the decision-making process.

Using Mobile Technology to Reduce Engagement in Stereotypy: A Validation of Decision-Making Algorithms

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Préfontaine ◽  
Marc J. Lanovaz ◽  
Emeline McDuff ◽  
Catherine McHugh ◽  
Jennifer L. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Motor Behavior ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Treatment Designs

We developed an iOS app, the iSTIM, designed to support parents of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in reducing common repetitive vocal and motor behavior (i.e., stereotypy). The purpose of our study was to preliminarily test the decision-making algorithms of the iSTIM using trained university students to implement the assessments and interventions. Specifically, we examined the effects of the iSTIM on stereotypy and functional engagement in 11 children with ASD within alternating treatment designs. Using the iSTIM reduced engagement in stereotypy for eight participants and increased functional engagement for four of those participants. Our results indicate that the iSTIM may decrease engagement in stereotypy but that some of the decision-making algorithms may benefit from modifications prior to testing with parents.

scholarly journals Decision making processes based on social conventional rules in early adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorders

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetsugu Komeda ◽  
Hidekazu Osanai ◽  
Kaichi Yanaoka ◽  
Yuko Okamoto ◽  
Toru Fujioka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

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

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
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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