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Brea Chouinard1, Shawn Reynolds2
1Rehabilitation Medicine from the University of Alberta. Her research uses behavioural and neuroimaging methods to study the development of language and social communication in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She is currently an ASSISTID Marie Curie post-doctoral fellow at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, where she is investigating the relationship between working memory, cognitive control, and social communication in adolescents with ASD.
Abstract:
Children with autism spectrum disorder often develop persistent challenging behaviours. A previous study in this journal (Reynolds et al. 2011) reported effective implementation of strategies immediately following involvement in a comprehensive positive behaviour support workshop for parents/school personnel. The current study assessed long-term efficacy more than six months after workshop completion. Parent and school behaviour scores suggested maintained improvement in child behaviour. Parent responses to a verbal questionnaire revealed important perceptions of what made workshop participation beneficial. This study provides evidence for long-term benefits from this innovative approach for caregivers working with children with challenging behaviours.
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