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Tag: behavioral interventions

October 2023
A crumpled piece of paper atop a stack of papers against a grey background

Article defending private-equity involvement in autism services retracted

by ,  /  19 October 2023

Nearly two-thirds of the article’s references appear to not exist.

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A group of elementary school children run toward the entrance of a school, their backs turned to the camera.

Journal club: Why do some children lose their autism diagnosis?

by  /  9 October 2023

More than one-third of a cohort of autistic toddlers no longer meet criteria for the condition at school age, according to a new study, but the findings may not generalize because the cohort is predominantly white and affluent.

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Illustrated portrait of Brian Boyd.

Brian Boyd, classroom-based interventions and the importance of representation

by  /  1 October 2023

The leader of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute talks about what drew him into the autism field, and his departure from — and return to — the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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September 2023
A young boy sits alone on a bench in a playground.

Mental health issues emerge with shifts in autism traits across childhood

by  /  27 September 2023

Anxiety and other challenges autistic children experience may stem from an increase in social-communication issues and a decrease in repetitive behaviors from ages 6 to 11.

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August 2023
Black-and-white illustrated portrait of Jonathan Green.

‘Emergent and transactional’: How Jonathan Green is rethinking autism and interventions

by  /  28 August 2023

The experienced clinician discusses writing his recent paper, and its reception in the field.

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June 2023
Research image of brain scans showing connections in the brain in different colors.

Statistical method improves behavioral predictions from fMRI

by  /  29 June 2023

The framework, inspired by the polygenic risk score, considers the cumulative effect of neuronal connections.

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A researcher works with a young child.

Two scientists, two interventions: A ‘gentle rivalry’ to aid autistic children

by  /  2 June 2023

Minimally verbal autistic preschoolers gained new words and phrases in a head-to-head comparison of two interventions.

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May 2023
Illustration of DNA methylation.

‘Polygenic risk scores’ for autism, explained

by  /  23 May 2023

These scores — composite measures of a person’s autism-linked common genetic variants — cannot predict an autism diagnosis but could help researchers better understand the condition’s underlying biology.

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April 2023
Illustration of hybrid objects: part light bulb, part lab vial, some in blue and some in red to signify null and replicated results.

Null and Noteworthy: Reader response; cerebrospinal fluid; connectivity subgroups

by  /  18 April 2023

In this edition of Null and Noteworthy, researchers upend early interventions and diagnostic boundaries.

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March 2023
A toy or abacus with emoji-styled yellow faces instead of beads. The faces show different expressions, with many happy faces that are on the outside of the main framework.

‘Flourishing’ measure may not hold up for autistic children

by  /  29 March 2023

Evidence of measurement bias undermines past claims about autistic children’s lower well-being.

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