Tag: Development
Project Core
ABSTRACT Project CORE Project CORE is designed to develop products and services that support the implementation of a core vocabulary approach to augmentative and alternative communication for school-aged students with significant cognitive disabilities who also have complex communication needs. The evidence-based and empirically derived core vocabulary approach is expected to sup … Read more
TEACCH School Transition to Employment and Post-Secondary Education Program
As the number of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) rises, there will be an increasingly large adult population for whom the challenges of gaining productive, long-term employment will likely overwhelm our current adult service programs. Current employment rates for individuals with ASD are low, with only 18% of young adults with ASD reported to be involved in … Read more
The Sensory Experiences Project
To examine the development, functional impact, and cause of various sensory features in children with autism, developmental delay, and/or typical development, ages 2-12 years. SEP is part of the PEARLS program (Program in Early Autism Research, Leadership and Service) at UNC.
A Multilinguistic Analysis of Spelling Errors among Children with Hearing Loss
Children with hearing loss face a variety of developmental challenges in the domains of language and literacy, including spelling. The purpose of the proposed study is to investigate the impact of linguistic sources of knowledge on spelling among children with hearing loss, utilizing a multilinguistic analytic approach that reflects recent theoretical and empirical understandings … Read more
Autism Spectrum Disorder State Implementation Project
The goal of this project is to increase the collaboration among public and private agencies in the state of North Carolina in order to improve screening, assessment, diagnosis, and early intervention for children suspected of ASD ages birth to 5.
Early Development Project-2
Title: Efficacy of a Parent-Mediated Intervention for One-Year-Olds at-Risk for Autism (Early Development Project-2) Purpose: To assess the efficacy of an early intervention program called Adaptive Responsive Teaching in improving developmental outcomes and ameliorating symptom severity among one-year-olds at-risk for autism spectrum disorders (i.e., “autism”). Setting: The resea … Read more
Behavioral Inflexibility in IDD: Outcome Measurement
This RO1 application requests funds to develop and validate a novel outcome measure targeting the behavioral inflexibility in children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This behavioral domain encompasses a host of closely related clinical sequelae that can be profoundly disabling and are common in IDD such as (a) an overall inflexible temperament or behavior … Read more
Attention in Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): An Eye-Tracking Approach to Gender-Specific Circumscribed Interests
ASD is a male-dominant condition however research indicates that girls may have different phenotypic-profiles particularly in the domain of Circumscribed Interests (CI) – intense and often idiosyncratic interest held by children and adults with ASD. CI are reported in 80% of individuals with ASD, and while can represent islands of ability, limit learning and social opportunities. … Read more