scholarly journals Music and Social Skills for Young Children with Autism: A Survey of Early Childhood Educators

2020 ◽  
pp. 190-207
Author(s):  
Anna ARCHONTOPOULOU ◽  
Potheini VAIOULI
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Early Childhood Educators ◽  
Young Children With Autism

A Programmatic Description of a Social Skills Group for Young Children With Autism

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin B. Leaf ◽  
Wesley H. Dotson ◽  
Misty L. Oppenheim-Leaf ◽  
James A. Sherman ◽  
Jan B. Sheldon
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Social Skills Group ◽  
Skills Group ◽  
Young Children With Autism

scholarly journals Anxiety in 3- to 7-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder seeking treatment for disruptive behavior

Autism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis G Sukhodolsky ◽  
Luc Lecavalier ◽  
Cynthia Johnson ◽  
Tristram Smith ◽  
Naomi Swiezy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Severity Scores ◽  
Child Psychiatric ◽  
Young Children With Autism

Anxiety is a common and impairing problem in children with autism spectrum disorder, but little is known about it in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder. This article reports on the characteristics of anxiety symptoms in young children with autism spectrum disorder using a parent-completed rating scale. One hundred and eighty children (age 3–7 years) participated in a clinical trial of parent training for disruptive behaviors. Anxiety was measured as part of pre-treatment subject characterization with 16 items from the Early Childhood Inventory, a parent-completed scale on child psychiatric symptoms. Parents also completed other measures of behavioral problems. Sixty-seven percent of children were rated by their parents as having two or more clinically significant symptoms of anxiety. There were no differences in the Early Childhood Inventory anxiety severity scores of children with IQ < 70 and those with ⩾70. Higher levels of anxiety were associated with severity of oppositional defiant behavior and social disability. Anxiety symptoms are common in preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder. These findings are consistent with earlier work in school-age children with autism spectrum disorder. There were no differences in anxiety between children with IQ below 70 and those with IQ of 70 and above. Social withdrawal and oppositional behavior were associated with anxiety in young children with autism spectrum disorder.

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