Treating Autistic Children in a Family Context

Hemsley, Rosemary; Howlin, Patricia; Berger, Michael; Hersov, Lionel; Holbrook, Debra S.; Rutter, Michael; Yule, William

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“…The procedure for the assessment of language was developed as part of a broader study to investigate the effects of home-based treatment with autistic children (Hemsley et al, 1978). Verbal samples were all collected in the child's home during unstructured interaction with the mother.…”

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The acquisition of grammatical morphemes in autistic children: A critique and replication of the findings of Bartolucci, Pierce, and Streiner, 1980

Howlin

1984

J Autism Dev Disord

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The correct use of 13 morpheme rules by a group of 16 autistic children was investigated. The percentages of different morphemes used correctly correlated significantly with the results reported in an earlier study of Bartolucci, Pierce, and Streiner (1980), and internal consistency among the autistic children suggested some evidence of rule learning. As in the Bartolucci study, there were no significant correlations with the data presented by DeVilliers and DeVilliers (1973) for younger children. However, the conclusions drawn by Bartolucci et al. regarding the deviant nature of syntax acquisition by autistic children are questioned on various methodological grounds. More satisfactory ways of comparing language development in different groups of children are discussed.

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The acquisition of grammatical morphemes in autistic children: A critique and replication of the findings of Bartolucci, Pierce, and Streiner, 1980

Howlin

1984

J Autism Dev Disord

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“…Graded change is a technique developed chiefly for managing high-level repetitive behaviour in autism (Hemsley et al, 1978 ;Howlin & Rutter, 1987 ;Marchant, Howlin, Yule, & Rutter, 1974). In this procedure, repetitive behaviours do not in themselves elicit contingent consequences, rather the situation around the behaviour is subtly modified in graded steps to lessen the disruptiveness of this behaviour.…”

Section: Graded Changementioning

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Annotation: Repetitive Behaviour in Autism: A Review of Psychological Research

Turner

1999

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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“…Teaching children with autism to communicate through speech is an intensive and lengthy process and outcomes can be variable and somewhat unpredictable in individual children (Howlin, 1989). Hemsley et al (1978) reported that children who had some single words or word approximations at outset showed the best outcomes after intervention. These observations highlight the importance of capitalizing on situations that promote attempts at early speech in children with autism, and also of avoiding any augmentative communication strategies that may suppress the emergence of speech.…”

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“Brief Report: Increase in Production of Spoken Words in Some Children with Autism after PECS Teaching to Phase III”

Carr

Felce

2006

J Autism Dev Disord

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The context for this work was an evaluation study [Carr, D., & Felce, J. A. (in press)] of the early phases of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) [Frost, L. A., & Bondy, A. S. (1994). The picture exchange communication system training manual. Cherry Hill, NJ: Pyramid Educational Consultants, Inc.; Frost, L. A., & Bondy, A. S. (2004). The picture exchange communication system training manual, 2nd edn. Newark, DE: Pyramid Educational Consultants, Inc.]. This paper reports that five of 24 children who received 15 h of PECS teaching towards Phase III over a period of 4-5 weeks, showed concomitant increases in speech production, either in initiating communication with staff or in responding, or both. No children in the PECS group demonstrated a decrease in spoken words after receiving PECS teaching. In the control group, only one of 17 children demonstrated a minimal increase and four of 17 children demonstrated a decrease in use of spoken words after a similar period without PECS teaching.

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Treating Autistic Children in a Family Context

Cited by 37 publications

References 46 publications

The acquisition of grammatical morphemes in autistic children: A critique and replication of the findings of Bartolucci, Pierce, and Streiner, 1980

The acquisition of grammatical morphemes in autistic children: A critique and replication of the findings of Bartolucci, Pierce, and Streiner, 1980

Annotation: Repetitive Behaviour in Autism: A Review of Psychological Research

“Brief Report: Increase in Production of Spoken Words in Some Children with Autism after PECS Teaching to Phase III”

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