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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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A Multi-Rater Study on Being Teased among Children/Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Their Typically Developing Siblings: Associations with ASD Symptoms
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Nowell, Kerri P.; Brewton, Christie M.; Goin-Kochel, Robin P. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The study examined teasing experiences among 74 individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD; M age = 115.7 months [9.6 years]; 83.8% male). Experiences were examined from parent, teacher, and child's own perspectives. Factors potentially associated with being teased were investigated. Comparison data were ascertained on typically…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
"What Do You Like/Dislike about the Treatments You're Currently Using?": A Qualitative Study of Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Mackintosh, Virginia H.; Goin-Kochel, Robin P.; Myers, Barbara J. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often participate in many treatments, requiring parents' dedication of time, money, and energy, and necessitating dealing with multiple service providers. To learn about parents' experience in seeking and using treatments for their child with ASD, the authors asked them, "What do you like/dislike about…
Descriptors: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Parents, Foreign Countries
Screening Cases within a Statewide Autism Registry: A Comparison of Parental Reports Using "DSM-IV-TR" Criteria versus the "SCQ"
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Goin-Kochel, Robin P.; Cohen, Robert – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2008
Parents and caregivers of 70 children enrolled in a university-based, statewide autism registry (M age = 9.5 years) completed two questionnaires, one generated from criteria outlined in the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition-Text Revision" (DSM-IV-TR) and the other the "Social Communication Questionnaire"…
Descriptors: Autism, Parents, Caregivers, Criteria
Congenital versus Regressive Onset of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Parents' Beliefs about Causes
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Goin-Kochel, Robin P.; Myers, Barbara J. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2005
Recent studies have validated the phenomenon of autistic regression, but little is known about how regressive and congenital onsets of the disorder influence parents' thinking about autism and its etiology. Parents (N = 327) of children with autism spectrum disorders completed an online questionnaire about their children's development.…
Descriptors: Etiology, Genetics, Autism, Parent Attitudes