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1. A Psychometric Analysis of the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents Among Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Caregiver–Adolescent Agreement, Factor Structure, and Validity

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Angela D. Haendel, Rachel E Stanley, Amy Vaughan Van Hecke, Brianna Yund, Brooke E. Magnus, Audrey M. Carson, Christina Murphy, Mary E. Carlson, Sheryl J Pleiss, Elisabeth M. Vogt, Alana J. McVey, Bridget K. Dolan, Hillary K. Schiltz, and Kirsten A Willar

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Adolescent, Psychometrics, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Population, Anxiety, Factor structure, behavioral disciplines and activities, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, mental disorders, medicine, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Measurement invariance, education, Applied Psychology, education.field_of_study, 05 social sciences, Social anxiety, Discriminant validity, medicine.disease, Anxiety Disorders, Clinical Psychology, Caregivers, Autism spectrum disorder, Scale (social sciences), Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, 050104 developmental & child psychology, Clinical psychology
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Social anxiety is common among adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). An ongoing challenge for both research and clinical practice in ASD is the assessment of anxious symptomatology. Despite its widespread use in samples of youth with ASD, the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) has not received psychometric evaluation within this population; thus, the validity of its use in research and clinical practice for ASD remains unclear. The present study conducted a psychometric analysis of caregiver and adolescent SAS-A forms in a sample of adolescents with ASD ( N = 197). Results revealed (1) poor caregiver–adolescent item-level agreement, (2) a two-factor structure, (3) lack of measurement invariance between reporters, and (4) modest evidence for convergent and discriminant validity. Overall, findings suggest that this measure demonstrates reasonable psychometric properties in an ASD sample. Lack of measurement invariance, however, calls for careful interpretation of research involving the SAS-A in ASD samples, particularly when the primary goal is to compare adolescent and caregiver reports. The implications of these findings for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

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2019
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2. Examining the Links Between Challenging Behaviors in Youth with ASD and Parental Stress, Mental Health, and Involvement: Applying an Adaptation of the Family Stress Model to Families of Youth with ASD

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Christina Caiozzo, Jeffrey S. Karst, Kirsten S. Willar, Amy Vaughan Van Hecke, Alana J. McVey, Brooke E. Magnus, Audrey M. Carson, Elisabeth M. Vogt, Bridget K. Dolan, Sheryl Pleiss, and Hillary K. Schiltz

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Adult, Male, Parents, medicine.medical_specialty, Mediation (statistics), Adolescent, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Models, Psychological, behavioral disciplines and activities, Article, Developmental psychology, Social Skills, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Social skills, mental disorders, Developmental and Educational Psychology, medicine, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Problem Behavior, Parenting, Child rearing, Public health, 05 social sciences, medicine.disease, Mental health, Mental Health, Adolescent Behavior, Autism spectrum disorder, Autism, Anxiety, Female, medicine.symptom, Psychology, Stress, Psychological, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, 050104 developmental & child psychology
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Raising a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) poses unique challenges that may impact parents' mental health and parenting experiences. The current study analyzed self-report data from 77 parents of youth with ASD. A serial multiple mediation model revealed that parenting stress (SIPA) and parental mental health (BAI and BDI-II) appears to be impacted by challenging adolescent behaviors (SSIS-PBs) and, in turn, affect parental involvement (PRQ), controlling for social skills (SSIS-SSs). Further, the study explored the malleability of parents' mental health over the course of a social skills intervention, and provides modest evidence that parent depressive symptoms decline across intervention. This study illustrates the importance of considering the entire family system in research on youth with ASD.

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2017
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3. Changes in Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents with ASD Completing the PEERS® Social Skills Intervention

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Brianna Yund, Alana J. McVey, Amy Vaughan Van Hecke, Christina Caiozzo, Audrey M. Carson, Bridget K. Dolan, Hillary K. Schiltz, Kirsten S. Willar, Elisabeth M. Vogt, Sheryl Pleiss, and Jeffrey S. Karst

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, genetic structures, Autism Spectrum Disorder, behavioral disciplines and activities, Article, Peer Group, Social Skills, 03 medical and health sciences, Interpersonal relationship, 0302 clinical medicine, Social skills, mental disorders, Developmental and Educational Psychology, medicine, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Child, Social Behavior, Psychiatry, Depression (differential diagnoses), Depression, 05 social sciences, Socialization, medicine.disease, Mental health, Comorbidity, Adolescent Behavior, Autism spectrum disorder, Autism, Female, Self Report, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, 050104 developmental & child psychology, Clinical psychology
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Depression is a common concern among people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is often associated with social skills and relationship challenges. The present data, from a randomized controlled trial, examined the effect of PEERS(®) on self-reported depressive symptoms via the Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI) among forty-nine adolescents with ASD. Findings revealed that many CDI subscale scores declined (p’s < 0.05) and were related to direct social contact on the Quality of Socialization Questionnaire at posttest (p’s < 0.05). Exploratory analyses uncovered that suicidality was less evident following PEERS(®). Findings support the notion that social functioning and depression may be intimately intertwined in ASD; therefore, bolstering social skills in ASD may positively influence other domains of functioning, including mental health.

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2017
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4. Brief Report: Does Gender Matter in Intervention for ASD? Examining the Impact of the PEERS® Social Skills Intervention on Social Behavior Among Females with ASD

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Christina Caiozzo, Jeffrey S. Karst, Hillary K. Schiltz, Amy Vaughan Van Hecke, Alana J. McVey, Bridget K. Dolan, Audrey M. Carson, Kirsten S. Willar, Elisabeth M. Vogt, Angela D. Haendel, and Sheryl Pleiss

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Treatment response, Social psychology (sociology), medicine.medical_specialty, media_common.quotation_subject, Public health, 05 social sciences, medicine.disease, Developmental psychology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Social skills, Intervention (counseling), Developmental and Educational Psychology, medicine, Autism, Personality, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Young adult, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, 050104 developmental & child psychology, Clinical psychology, media_common
Abstract

A paucity of research has been conducted to examine the effect of social skills intervention on females with ASD. Females with ASD may have more difficulty developing meaningful friendships than males, as the social climate can be more complex (Archer, Coyne, Personality and Social Psychology Review 9(3):212–230, 2005). This study examined whether treatment response among females differed from males. One hundred and seventy-seven adolescents and young adults with ASD (N = 177) participated in this study. When analyzed by group, no significant differences by gender emerged: PEERS® knowledge (TASSK/TYASSK, p = .494), direct interactions (QSQ, p = .762), or social responsiveness (SRS, p = .689; SSIS-RS, p = .482). Thus, females and males with ASD respond similarly to the PEERS® intervention.

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2017
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5. Brief Report: Assessment of Intervention Effects on In Vivo Peer Interactions in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

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Rheanna J. Remmel, Sheryl Stevens, Bridget K. Dolan, Jenna Kahne, Kirsten A. Schohl, Nina Linneman, Jeffrey S. Karst, Amy Vaughan Van Hecke, Stephanie Potts, Audrey M. Carson, and Emily Hummel

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education, 05 social sciences, Peer group, medicine.disease, Developmental psychology, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, Interpersonal relationship, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, Social skills, Autism spectrum disorder, law, Intervention (counseling), Developmental and Educational Psychology, medicine, Autism, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Observational study, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, 050104 developmental & child psychology, Clinical psychology
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This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a randomized controlled trial of a social skills intervention, the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS: Laugeson et al. in J Autism Dev Disord 39(4): 596-606, 2009), by coding digitally recorded social interactions between adolescent participants with ASD and a typically developing adolescent confederate. Adolescent participants engaged in a 10-min peer interaction at pre- and post-treatment. Interactions were coded using the Contextual Assessment of Social Skills (Ratto et al. in J Autism Dev Disord 41(9): 1277-1286, 2010). Participants who completed PEERS demonstrated significantly improved vocal expressiveness, as well as a trend toward improved overall quality of rapport, whereas participants in the waitlist group exhibited worse performance on these domains. The degree of this change was related to knowledge gained in PEERS.

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2016
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6. Brief Report: Does Gender Matter in Intervention for ASD? Examining the Impact of the PEERS

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Alana J, McVey, Hillary, Schiltz, Angela, Haendel, Bridget K, Dolan, Kirsten S, Willar, Sheryl, Pleiss, Jeffrey S, Karst, Audrey M, Carson, Christina, Caiozzo, Elisabeth, Vogt, and Amy Vaughan, Van Hecke

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Male, Psychotherapy, Social Skills, Young Adult, Sex Factors, Adolescent, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Humans, Female, Peer Group, Article
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A paucity of research has been conducted to examine the effect of social skills intervention on females with ASD. Females with ASD may have more difficulty developing meaningful friendships than males, as the social climate can be more complex (Archer & Coyne 2005). This study examined whether treatment response among females differed from males. One hundred and seventy-seven adolescents and young adults with ASD (N = 177) participated in this study. When analyzed by group, no significant differences by gender emerged: PEERS(®) knowledge (TASSK/TYASSK, p = .494), direct interactions (QSQ, p = .762), or social responsiveness (SRS, p = .689; SSIS-RS, p = .482). Thus, females and males with ASD respond similarly to the PEERS(®) intervention.

Published
2017

7. Parent and Family Outcomes of PEERS: A Social Skills Intervention for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Amy Vaughan Van Hecke, Kirsten A. Schohl, Sheryl Stevens, Audrey M. Carson, Jeffrey S. Karst, and Bridget K. Dolan

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Adult, Male, Parents, Stress management, Adolescent, Psychological intervention, Developmental psychology, law.invention, Social Skills, Randomized controlled trial, Social skills, law, Intervention (counseling), Developmental and Educational Psychology, medicine, Humans, Child, Self-efficacy, Parenting, medicine.disease, Self Efficacy, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Autism spectrum disorder, Autism, Female, Psychology, Clinical psychology
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Raising a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with increased family chaos and parent distress. Successful long-term treatment outcomes are dependent on healthy systemic functioning, but the family impact of treatment is rarely evaluated. The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) is a social skills intervention designed for adolescents with high-functioning ASD. This study assessed the impact of PEERS on family chaos, parenting stress, and parenting self-efficacy via a randomized, controlled trial. Results suggested beneficial effects for the experimental group in the domain of family chaos compared to the waitlist control, while parents in the PEERS experimental group also demonstrated increased parenting self-efficacy. These findings highlight adjunctive family system benefits of PEERS intervention and suggest the need for overall better understanding of parent and family outcomes of ASD interventions.

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2014
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8. POSTER SESSIONS SCHEDULE

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C Hinkin, M Cuevas, A Rauscher, W Kim, T Fogel, G Walls, M Heran, L Drag, S Akeson, K An, Mark T. Barisa, J Cantor, R Pella, C Ward, D Terry, E Parke, I Grant, K Blackstone, David B. Salisbury, P Davidson, G McDonald, C Strongin, Sudhin A. Shah, R Kim, A Miele, K Carlson, N Cadavid, J Donders, S Mahal, T Feaster, K Griffits, J Mayfield, T Brand, A Vernon, Scott R. Miller, C Price, C Vickery, L Carrion, J Beaute, L Weigand, G Crucian, A Tan, M Shuman, Talin Babikian, T Van Vleet, D La, I Thiruselvam, N Nemanim, L Baum, L Loneman, A Schmitt, R Hoadley, J Keller, J Kim, Bonnie M. Scott, M Edwards, M Rohling, B Palmer, G Godoy-Garcete, Ana Rosario, M Taylor, S Letendre, I Sanchez, A Harmell, David L. McArthur, S Greco, M O'Neil, H Yoshida, Jerome H. Carter, Marie N. Dahdah, E Jeffay, L McCutcheon, E Stambrook, A Rach, A Minassian, S Vinogradov, R Akarakian, S Khen, D Schiehser, M Young-Bernier, B Roberg, P Marchetti, L Kenworthy, P Ross, N Didehbani, M Lally, T Brickell, G Vasilev, D Kansagara, Glen A. Palmer, Amanda R. Rabinowitz, A Bedard, Desiree Byrd, K daCruz, A Torstrick, T Nguyen, M Solomon, E Hanson, S Turecka, J Moskowitz, Catherine Stasio, J Kenton, E Call, J McLeod, H Rossetti, Paula I. Martin, J Wasisco, C Depp, Sunni A. Barnes, R Lange, T Lotze, S Erikson, Samantha E. John, K Gulliver, Daniel N. Allen, M Schoenberg, M Joan, S Hass, D Munic-Miller, N Grant, M Weiner, S. DeBoard Marion, C Waksmunski, H Muetze, K Brady, P Roskos, Cynthia Dunklin, N Puente, K Russler, M Salzberg, I Neeland, J McKeever, A Fonteh, J Peer, M Choe, K Russ, C Marini, E Hui, C Kimmel, N Kecala, L. Schwent Shultz, Shelley Peery, R Gonzalez, C Spickler, E Lanni, L Flaro, E Talbot, E Giese, A Davis, Sam Vogel, D Hachey, W Mittenberg, Kenneth L. Jones, S Mahdavi, V. Alipio Jocson, M Marquine, B Ivins, S Paisley, E Weber, G Silk-Eglit, R Singer, K Barnes, A Ghias, J Sordahl, M Spiers, J Anderson, C Mathiowetz, S Fritz, R Fazio, E Miles-Mason, M Glusman, Octavio A. Santos, Jessica A. Kaczorowski, T Dugbartey, K Burns, A Gottuso, Nicholas J. Pastorek, Shahid Shafi, Librada Callender, R Dean, M Thomas, S Schleicher-Dilks, C Bermudez, J Muir, E Van Ness, R Odom, R Dye, F van der Fluit, C Lindbergh, J Grups, Monica U. Ellis, M Coe, M Schmitter-Edgecombe, S Lanting, Rosemary Dubiel, Katherine W Sullivan, A Bonner-Jackson, A Lyon, Daniel J. Schwartz, M Pachalska, S Hibyan, J Long, S Watson, N Nardi, L Pinto, Claudia Kernan, F Thomas, J Messerly, B Walsh, A Daros, S Margolis, M Cullum, B Rainwater, K Baerresen, M Steenari, M Vertinski, P Klas, A Harrison, J Stewart, R Carrasco, D Storzbach, E VonDran, K Carter, M Baldassarre, R Fares, A Freeman, J Barnett, Maggie C. Happe, M Harrington, D D'Argenio, J Piehl, Jacob Sheynin, C Young, A Anum, W Garmoe, T Barker, O Selnes, C Lobue, J Gray, A Rossi, B Stephens, M Jarrett, G Gilbert, A Graefe, J Gfeller, M Murphy, R Perna, B Gouaux, C Leibson, M Heinly, A Allart, Joshua Harrison, M Dudley, B Henry, S O'Bryan, D Miller, J Kennedy, B Edner, M Curri, F Tremblay, T Becker, J Neff, K Gillis, M Poon, C Ukpabi, J Hall, Victoria C. Merritt, D Nemeth, K Tyson, L Glukhovsky, P Vik, Karen K. Miller, R Schroeder, Christopher C. Giza, Benjamin Jurek, M Dawson, T Susmaras, K Rajendran, T Swirsky-Sacchetti, Joseph DeGutis, K Isham, P Massman, M Collier, L Klimik, D Moore, C Baum, J DiGangi, J Francis, B Baughman, A Patel, D Zink, V Carrión, Claire D. Coles, Sarah N. Mattson, A Reveles, T Novakovic-Agopian, D Drasnin, G Sutton, K Jacquin, J Tsou, John D. Medaglia, C Kane, A Starza-Smith, G Lafleche, M Bidzan, J Stenclik, C Smith, J Spat, G Mucci, M Legarreta, Frank G. Hillary, A Mouanoutoua, I Armstrong, C Isaacs, K Beene, C Songy, A Steed, R McCaffrey, J Loftis, A Levan, J Marcinak, Lisa Delano-Wood, C Draffkorn, A Harley, J Shewchuk, J Lynch, P Lebby, Preeti Sunderaraman, R Verbiest, E Stranks, B Hill, A Zisk, L Bolshin, P Stolberg, J Zamzow, V Culotta, J Gross, J Davis, M Fisher, S Mohammed, D Rosario, L Baade, J Fischer, M Muniz, M Kaminetskaya, W Gomes, J Park, K Netson, M Fanning, G Wallace, Nicholas S. Thaler, C Ayers, R Ellis, J Gonzalez, L Zhao, J Thelen, J Kiefel, J Halperin, J Uderman, R Stephan, L Sweet, K Whithers, F Fonseca, A Fedio, D Cooper, Jessica E. Meyer, J Capps, G Getz, M Palewjala, E Rinehardt, A Fernandez, S Tanner, J Ang, Audrey M. Carson, W Finch, S Evans, Gray Vargas, Ellen B. Braaten, J Murry, B Klein-Tasman, M Adler, E Culnan, G Richardson, A Dominska, T Olivier, A Dedmon, E Lane, C Prince, A Mannarino, B Casto, J Calloway, J Mackillop, C Garrett, John F. Linck, A Parks, S Sorg, W Andrew, G Fong, W Gouvier, L Lacritz, Jennifer Romesser, G Small, L Lashley, James B. Hoelzle, Predict-Hd Investigators, M Sakamoto, A Hart, F Dadis, D Pina, J Paulsen, N Stricker, G Iverson, R Macher, A Stringer, C Saucier, J Gallegos, P Andrews, A Chappell, D Jeste, K Mulligan, Pouneh K. Fazeli, D Harrison, R Romero, D Maricle, Joshua D. Miller, S Patel, Jeffrey M. Robbins, S Mansinghani, W Hoffman, K Espinoza, R Roberts, N Londono, M Douangratdy, K Kelley, O Alhassoon, A Quinones, J Taylor, E Ringdahl, A Ness, N DeFilippis, K Marshall, S Jaehnert, R Vergara, P Harvey, J Iudicello, C Ellis, S Tun, Thomas D. Parsons, Amanda E. Hahn-Ketter, C McAlister, T Patterson, R Gomez, K Kloezeman, J Wingo, C Barrio, Michael B. Reid, M Vasserman, Jacob Cohen, C Golden, C Ciobanu, F Carla, D Dinishak, Louis M. French, E Scharaga, Kirsten A. Schohl, A Newman, A Gold, J Bunting, A Puente, R Heaton, A Boettcher, D Wolff, R Baek, T Giovannetti, B Hummer, A Loughan, Ryan J. McKindles, M Bunner, M Kral, W Cole, C Love, E Corley, A Zomet, F Loya, K Young, P May, K Constantine, A Duhig, V Pankratz, J Tam, Maria T. Schultheis, A Junod, K Wyman-Chick, A Houshyarnejad, A Kent, J Wall, D Gansler, M Bens, M Jerram, C Dombrowski, J Segovia, J Hoblyn, M Geyer, N Pliskin, J Strang, B Fuller, J Kloss, J Paxton, J Chow, L Guatney, K Smith, F Foley, Elizabeth R. Sowell, L Brenner, M Rivera Mindt, A Levine, C Irwin, S Rome, J Neiman-Kimel, L Segalà, G Saini, Scott A. Loe, P Vekaria, H Woolery, M Francis, S Newton, Daniel J. Heyanka, J Link, Stephen G. West, T Ala, W Burns, H Pedersen, M Norman, L Delgaty, C Mihailescu, S Cowad, T Melville, Leila Glass, Nathan D. Doty, E Simco, A Holland, R Robbs, Warren T. Jones, S Banks, X Bonilla, R McCue, C Ramirez, M Phoong, N Upshaw, H England, S Woods, K Whigham, L Miller, J Etherton, S Rolin, Sawsan Dabit, S Kohlrus, S Thomlinson, Ryan Olmstead, A Chen, S Mahmoud, S Mauro, B Greenberg, B Lukaszewska, C Brown, R Moore, B Freer, W MacAllister, S Schaffer, R Fontanetta, J Vassileva, J Fine, Amy Wilson, C O'Shea, L Barker, Joseph J. Graca, Anthony C. Ruocco, E Schulze, Brian I. Miller, A Kaup, K Julie, A Nolty, P Siddarth, Jeffrey S. Karst, B Rabinovitz, S Yudovin, C Faraco, M Raymond, Anita H. Sim, I Kunkes, J Kamm, K Zakzanis, R Petersen, A Rudd-Barnard, N Fritz, A Bozorg, R Wellington, R Naslednikova, R Nogin, J Moses, L Tiersky, T Lee, L Cooper, M Smith, A Papadakis, L Hoskins, L Ashendorf, Caitlin Miranda, J Sexton, S Barney, M Le, M Putnam, Lillie Weiss, D Baldock, D Grimm, H Westervelt, M Mattingly, Yelena Bogdanova, C Hopewell, J Kahne, C Moore, B Mausbach, Robert F. Asarnow, Peter A. Arnett, Michael M. Merzenich, R Remel, S Coad, J Hertza, C Romers, L Harrison, M Daniel, J Clark, A Rowden, B Bristow-Murray, A Reyes, C Noggle, D Yeh, Bridget K. Dolan, Keith D. Cicerone, G Goodman, D Haberman, Mary K. Colvin, M Noback, Hasan Ayaz, B Natalie, M Cohen, Mary F. Musso, G Abrams, Seth A. Gale, J McGinley, E Bene, Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, S Benbadis, S Northington, S O'Neill, R Ruchinskas, M Hall, B Saffer, L Miarmi, F Webbe, Dobrivoje S. Stokic, C Bowie, B Duda, J Bravo, S Taylor, L Wilson, Henry W. Mahncke, R Scott, Ashita S. Gurnani, K Eichstaedt, H Soper, A Andrews, B Evans, J Bailie, R Poulin, K Evankovich, R Relova, A Gremillion, S Hunter, B Lee, M Beier, Edward P. Riley, S Edmed, M Wills, Sarah M. Kark, E Quasney, K Barrera, Yelena Goldin, Kimberley R. Monden, A Barker, V Sterk, J Fink, J Ikanga, Will Lindstrom, B Hunter, D Denney, S Huberman, C Williams, T Otero, K Spengler, A Pulver, Kathryn L Schmidt, J Meyers, E Gutierrez, V Wheaton, K Downing, A Bhagwat, Stephen A. Olson, E Lande, R Lee, F Vale, F Barwick, Mirella Díaz-Santos, C Mosti, Daniel S. Brown, M Benners, L Horne-Moyer, K Johnson, V Vargas, P Sylvester, E Shapiro, Sarah DeBoard Marion, J Poole, E Strongin, K Fields, M Basso, R Lawson, D Brinckman, E Morgan, A Simone, I Raynov, A Matevosyan, J Emerson, M Motu'apuaka, S Heverly-Fitt, Alexandra L. Clark, E March, B Roper, N Dezhkam, N Dasher, V Patt, Sheryl Stevens, A Choi, S Sautter, A Van Hecke, J. Travis Seidl, T Raines, W Perry, L Moss, M Macaluso, G Carlin, S Sisk, B Bowman, John Hart, Elisabeth M. Vogt, Michael D. Ensley, B Schilling, L Ercoli, M Zupanc, V D'Orio, A Bure-Reyes, L Rabin, J Nunan-Saah, N Rodgers-Neame, Jared M. Bruce, E Crouse, C Boys, H Kletter, T Lo, Brandon E. Gavett, A Sherzai, N Bott, K Walker, J Brubacher, Tanya M. Brown, F Ahmed, Dede M. Ukueberuwa, L Etcoff, K Chu, B Schweinsburg, Y Demsky, K Vitelli, M Huckans, L Nakhutina, A Ghelani, C Higginson, R Zec, A Curiel, David C. Osmon, S Crowe, K Phelps, O Prokhorenko, M Koehle, C Morse, Alice Cronin-Golomb, E Batchelor, J Lum, G Brown, L Silva, M Freeman, C Babika, Janine M. Paxson, P Pimental, W Buddin, J Baker, J Kline, F Hays, M Pollock, M Oganes, Armando Fuentes, M Ring, B Thieme, A Psihogios, A Zimmer, J Thompson, Hannah M. Lindsey, O Graham, Christina L. Casnar, M Arce Rentería, A Rooney, K Bozgunov, M Welch, M Lipowska, M Earleywine, S Lewis, T Floyd, A Tanguay, Yongming Li, C Tai, N Fromm, N Luc, K Barchard, K Musielak, Amir Poreh, R Heinrichs, C Boyd, K Schwab, A Lynch, R Wanlass, K Janke, S Bullard, S Hughes, K Hanson, C Holder, A Legenkaya, J Siegel, S Gold, C Evans, F Hill, Caryn R. Harper, D Binder, S Gill, M Bruhns, E Singer, Sidney O'Bryant, and J Atkinson

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Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Schedule, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, business.industry, Medicine, Operations management, General Medicine, business
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2013
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9. Measuring the Plasticity of Social Approach: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effects of the PEERS Intervention on EEG Asymmetry in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Rheanna J. Remmel, Scott Brockman, Kirsten A. Schohl, Ryan J. McKindles, Sheryl Stevens, Amy Vaughan Van Hecke, Audrey M. Carson, Jeffrey S. Karst, and Bridget K. Dolan

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Male, Adolescent, medicine.medical_treatment, education, Electroencephalography, Social identity approach, behavioral disciplines and activities, Functional Laterality, law.invention, Developmental psychology, Randomized controlled trial, Social skills, law, Intervention (counseling), mental disorders, Developmental and Educational Psychology, medicine, Humans, Child, Social Behavior, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, medicine.diagnostic_test, medicine.disease, Brain Waves, Cognitive behavioral therapy, Adolescent Behavior, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Psychotherapy, Group, Cognitive therapy, Psychotherapy, Brief, Autism, Female, Psychology, Clinical psychology
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This study examined whether the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS: Social skills for teenagers with developmental and autism spectrum disorders: The PEERS treatment manual, Routledge, New York, 2010a) affected neural function, via EEG asymmetry, in a randomized controlled trial of adolescents with Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and a group of typically developing adolescents. Adolescents with ASD in PEERS shifted from right-hemisphere gamma-band EEG asymmetry before PEERS to left-hemisphere EEG asymmetry after PEERS, versus a waitlist ASD group. Left-hemisphere EEG asymmetry was associated with more social contacts and knowledge, and fewer symptoms of autism. Adolescents with ASD in PEERS no longer differed from typically developing adolescents in left-dominant EEG asymmetry at post-test. These findings are discussed via the Modifier Model of Autism (Mundy et al. in Res Pract Persons Severe Disabl 32(2):124, 2007), with emphasis on remediating isolation/withdrawal in ASD.

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2013
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10. Brief report: visuo-spatial guidance of movement during gesture imitation and mirror drawing in children with autism spectrum disorders

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Robert A. Scheidt, Sheryl Stevens, Nicole M. G. Salowitz, Amy Vaughan Van Hecke, Petra Eccarius, Audrey M. Carson, Kirsten A. Schohl, and Jeffrey S. Karst

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Male, Visual perception, Adolescent, Spatial ability, media_common.quotation_subject, Movement, Neuropsychological Tests, Developmental and Educational Psychology, medicine, Humans, Child, media_common, Gestures, Motor control, Cognition, medicine.disease, Hand, Imitative Behavior, Motor coordination, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Autism, Female, Psychology, Imitation, Psychomotor Performance, Cognitive psychology, Gesture
Abstract

Thirteen autistic and 14 typically developing children (controls) imitated hand/arm gestures and performed mirror drawing; both tasks assessed ability to reorganize the relationship between spatial goals and the motor commands needed to acquire them. During imitation, children with autism were less accurate than controls in replicating hand shape, hand orientation, and number of constituent limb movements. During shape tracing, children with autism performed accurately with direct visual feedback, but when viewing their hand in a mirror, some children with autism generated fewer errors than controls whereas others performed much worse. Large mirror drawing errors correlated with hand orientation and hand shape errors in imitation, suggesting that visuospatial information processing deficits may contribute importantly to functional motor coordination deficits in autism.

Published
2012

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