Researcher Patrick Szary, Ph.D. Purpose To develop and distribute a Transportation Skills Assessment Tool (TSAT) for individuals with autism spectrum disorders in New Jersey to understand the skills necessary to ride various paratransit and community transportation services. These services include fixed route, complimentary ADA paratransit, special transportation, community transportation, employment transportation and/or Medicaid transportation.…
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Research Sponsor This study is funded entirely by money raised by Team Running for OAR by the Shore, a group of parents, teachers, and the community of Leer North Elementary School, North Ridgeville, OH, as part of OAR’s RUN FOR AUTISM-Cleveland team in 2009 and 2010. Researcher Kara Hume, Ph.D. Purpose The proposed research will…
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Study: Expanding the Reach of Toddler Treatment in Autism Spectrum Disorder Amount of OAR Funding: $30,000.00 Researcher: Laurie A. Vismara, PhD, BCBA-D Purpose: The purpose of the proposed study is to demonstrate the efficacy of a telemedicine-delivered parent coaching program for providing innovative, individualized interventions to families of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The…
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Teaching any child safety skills is essential; but it is especially important for those with disabilities. Unfortunately, people and children with disabilities are more vulnerable to abuse. While studies exist that examine safety skill interventions for individuals with intellectual disabilities, few studies address the use of these interventions with children who have autism. In a…
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Researcher Anibal Gutierrez, PhD, BCBA-D Purpose The purpose of this project is to develop and evaluate methods to best identify socially based reinforcers for children with ASD. This project will employ behaviorally based social reinforcer assessments that closely mirror assessments already established for the identification of non-social reinforcement. In addition, Dr. Gutierrez will evaluate the…
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Study: Improving Emotion Recognition Skills in Children with ASD: A Test of a New Intervention Amount of OAR Funding: $29,999.00 Researcher: Karen Hobden, Ph.D., Research Associate and Core Program Coordinator, Developmental Disabilities Institute, Wayne State University Timeframe: This study began in January 2011 and will be completed by December 2011. A research summary detailing the…
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Study: Randomized Clinical Trial of Mind Reading and In Vivo Rehearsal for Children with HFASDs Researchers: Marcus Thomeer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Institute for Autism Research; Canisius College, Buffalo, NY Christopher Lopata, Psy.D., Associate Professor; Co-Director Institute for Autism Research; Canisius College, Buffalo, NY Purpose: The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to evaluate…
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Picture schedules are a favorite easy-to-use intervention for parents and teachers. These visual supports are easy to create, portable, durable, and easy for children to use independently. Video modeling is quickly becoming another frequently used intervention. Both strategies focus on the visual strengths of individuals with autism. In a recent article published in the journal,…
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Amount of OAR Funding $29,999.00 Researcher Karen Hobden, Ph.D., Research Associate and Core Program Coordinator, Developmental Disabilities Institute, Wayne State University Timeframe This study began in January 2011 and will be completed by December 2011. A research summary detailing the results of this study will be submitted to OAR by March 2012. …
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As a result of the 2010 Applied Research Grant competition, OAR approved seven new research studies for funding in 2011 for a total of $210,000. Today’s post features the study sponsored by “Running for OAR by the Shore,” a RUN team of the staff, parents, family, and friends of Lear North Elementary School in North…
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