Not exact matches
A multi-site
study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) finds
young children with autism spectrum disorder and serious behavioral problems respond positively to a 24 - week structured parent training.
The researchers
studied eye gaze responses in
young children with autism at the time of their initial diagnosis in order to have clearer evidence about the initial underlying reasons for reduced eye contact.
The consistent pattern emerging across several
studies is that while intrinsic functional connectivity in adolescents and adults
with autism is generally reduced compared
with age - matched controls, functional connectivity in
younger children with the disorder appears to be increased.
While very few
studies have examined functional connectivity in
young children and toddlers
with autism (Dinstein et al., 2011), some have started to use structural measures to examine high - risk infants, including siblings of
children with autism.
Kasari C, Freeman S, Paparella T. Joint attention and symbolic play in
young children with autism: a randomized controlled intervention
study.
Baron - Cohen and Staunton (1994)
studied the accents of
children and
young adults
with autism.
Communicative behavior in the natural environment: Case
studies of two
young children with Autism and limited expressive language.
Positive behavior support and early intervention for
young children with Autism: Case
studies on the efficacy of proactive treatment of problem behavior.
The current
study examined depressive symptoms, concerning the week following
autism spectrum diagnosis and an average of 1.4 years later, in mothers (n = 75) of
young children diagnosed
with an
autism spectrum disorder (ASD).