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dc.contributor.authorRyan, Christian
dc.contributor.authorCharragáin, Caitríona Ní
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T13:33:42Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T13:33:42Z
dc.date.issued2010-04
dc.identifier.citationRyan, Christian;Charragáin, Caitríona Ní "Teaching Emotion Recognition Skills to Children with Autism" 2010, 40 (12):1505 Journal of Autism and Developmental Disordersen_GB
dc.identifier.issn0162-3257
dc.identifier.issn1573-3432
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10803-010-1009-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/324053
dc.descriptionAutism is associated with difficulty interacting with others and an impaired ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion. Previous teaching programmes have not addressed weak central coherence. Emotion recognition training focused on components of facial expressions. The training was administered in small groups ranging from 4 to 7 children. Improvements were significantly better for the training group (n = 20, mean age 9 years, 3 months) than a waiting list control group (n = 10, mean age 10 years, 7 months). Pre and post measures revealed an effect size of the training of Cohen’s d = 1.42. The impact of the training was highly significant. There was evidence of some generalisation of the emotion recognition and improvements at follow-up.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJournal of Autism and Developmental Disordersen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10803-010-1009-8en_GB
dc.rightsArchived with thanks to Journal of Autism and Developmental Disordersen_GB
dc.subjectAUTISMen_GB
dc.subjectEDUCATIONen_GB
dc.subjectTEACHING METHODen_GB
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTHen_GB
dc.subjectLEARNING DISABILITYen_GB
dc.titleTeaching emotion recognition skills to children with autismen_GB
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentThe Cope Foundationen_GB
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Autism and Developmental Disordersen_GB
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