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The effectiveness of Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) training for teachers of children with autism: a pragmatic, group randomised controlled trialPatricia Howlin
Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:473-81. 2007..To assess the effectiveness of expert training and consultancy for teachers of children with autism spectrum disorder in the use of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)...
Systematic review of early intensive behavioral interventions for children with autismPatricia Howlin
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College, London, UK
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil 114:23-41. 2009..This review provides evidence for the effectiveness of EIBI for some, but not all, preschool children with autism...
Savant skills in autism: psychometric approaches and parental reportsPatricia Howlin
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 364:1359-67. 2009....- The Classroom Observation Schedule to Measure Intentional Communication (COSMIC): an observational measure of the intentional communication of children with autism in an unstructured classroom settingGreg Pasco
Department of Community Health Science, St George s University of London, London, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 38:1807-18. 2008..Results suggest that the use of observational measures of intentional communication in natural settings is a valuable assessment strategy for research and clinical practice... - Stability of the autism diagnostic interview-revised from pre-school to elementary school age in children with autism spectrum disordersJo Moss
Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s, University of London, London, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 38:1081-91. 2008..In conclusion while classification of children according to ADI-R criteria generally remained stable between pre-school and elementary school age, many children demonstrated significant improvements in symptom severity... - A two-year prospective follow-up study of community-based early intensive behavioural intervention and specialist nursery provision for children with autism spectrum disordersIliana Magiati
Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:803-12. 2007..This prospective study compared outcome for pre-school children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) receiving autism-specific nursery provision or home-based Early Intensive Behavioural Interventions (EIBI) in a community setting... - Adult outcome for children with autismPatricia Howlin
Department of Psychology, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 45:212-29. 2004..Information on long-term prognosis in autism is limited. Outcome is known to be poor for those with an IQ below 50, but there have been few systematic studies of individuals with an IQ above this... - An 8 year follow-up of a specialist supported employment service for high-ability adults with autism or Asperger syndromePatricia Howlin
St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Autism 9:533-49. 2005..Moreover, there are many non-financial benefits, which are difficult to quantify. The importance of specialist employment support of this kind is discussed... - Dysfunctional attitudes and perfectionism and their relationship to anxious and depressive symptoms in boys with autism spectrum disordersRebecca Greenaway
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College London, London, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 40:1179-87. 2010..Reasons for elevated dysfunctional attitudes in the ASD group are discussed and the roles of cognitive inflexibility and social impairments are explored... - Preschoolers with autism show greater impairment in receptive compared with expressive language abilitiesKristelle Hudry
Centre for Research in Autism and Education, Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, London, UK
Int J Lang Commun Disord 45:681-90. 2010..However, the relative degree of delay or impairment in each of these sub-domains may also be atypical and remains less well-understood... - Epilepsy in autism: features and correlatesPatrick F Bolton
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and MRC Centre for Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 198:289-94. 2011..and correlates (IQ history of regression, family history) have only partially been identified... - A pilot evaluation study of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) for children with autistic spectrum disordersIliana Magiati
Department of Psychology, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Autism 7:297-320. 2003..The majority of participants showed improvements in their ability to use PECS. The results are discussed in relation to the methodological and practical difficulties that arose during the project... - Autobiographical memory and social problem-solving in Asperger syndromeLorna Goddard
Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW, United Kingdom
J Autism Dev Disord 37:291-300. 2007..Autobiographical memory performance was also impaired with significantly longer latencies to retrieve specific memories and fewer specific memories retrieved in comparison to controls... - Asperger syndrome: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study of brainDeclan G M Murphy
Department of Psychological Medicine, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, England
Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:885-91. 2002..Nobody has examined the relationship between abnormalities in the frontal and parietal lobes and clinical symptoms in people with AS... - Using the social communication questionnaire to identify 'autistic spectrum' disorders associated with other genetic conditions: findings from a study of individuals with Cohen syndromePatricia Howlin
St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Autism 8:175-82. 2004 - Characteristics of autism spectrum disorder in Cornelia de Lange syndromeJo Moss
Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 53:883-91. 2012..In this study we examine the ASD profile in CdLS in comparison to a matched group of individuals with ASD... - Can early interventions alter the course of autism?Patricia Howlin
Department of Psychology, St George s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
Novartis Found Symp 251:250-9; discussion 260-5, 281-97. 2003..The paper discusses findings from follow-up studies over the years and assess the impact of different intervention procedures on outcome... - Parental stress associated with caring for children with Asperger's syndrome or autismKyoko Mori
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King s College, London, UK kyoko
Pediatr Int 51:364-70. 2009..The levels of parental stress among parents of children with Asperger's syndrome in comparison with parents of children with autism are unknown in the Japanese population... - Autism and diagnostic substitutionPatricia Howlin
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK
Dev Med Child Neurol 50:325. 2008 - Psychological disturbance associated with sexual abuse in people with learning disabilities. Case-control studyHeather Sequeira
St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Br J Psychiatry 183:451-6. 2003..The association between sexual abuse, mental health and behavioural problems in people with learning disabilities has not previously been examined in a controlled study... - Outcome in high-functioning adults with autism with and without early language delays: implications for the differentiation between autism and Asperger syndromePatricia Howlin
Department of Psychology, St George s Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE, UK
J Autism Dev Disord 33:3-13. 2003..The poor performance on language tests also challenges the assumption that early language development in Asperger syndrome is essentially normal... - Impaired olfactory identification in Asperger's syndromeYusuke Suzuki
Clinical Age Research Unit, Department of Health Care of Elderly, Guy s, King s, and St Thomas School of Medicine, King s College London, UK
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 15:105-7. 2003..Relative to control subjects, Asperger's syndrome subjects were not impaired at odor detection but were significantly impaired at olfactory identification... - Brain anatomy and sensorimotor gating in Asperger's syndromeGrainne M McAlonan
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Brain 125:1594-606. 2002.... - Measuring developmental progress of children with autism spectrum disorder on school entry using parent reportTony Charman
Behavioural and Brain Sciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK
Autism 8:89-100. 2004..Such data would assist in judging claims regarding developmental progress within particular programmes... - Behavioural characteristics and autistic features in individuals with Cohen SyndromePatricia Howlin
Dept of Psychology, St George s Hospital Medical School, London SW 17 ORE, UK
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 14:57-64. 2005..The implications of these findings for our understanding of Cohen Syndrome are discussed... - Research into early intervention for children with autism and related disorders: methodological and design issues. Report on a workshop funded by the Wellcome Trust, Institute of Child Health, London, UK, November 2001Tony Charman
Autism 7:217-25. 2003