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1. The Adaptation and Feasibility of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adults with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities and Transdiagnoses: A Pilot Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial

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Jones, Jessica, Blinkhorn, Ashleigh, McQueen, Meg, Hewett, Laura, Mills-Rogers, Mary-Jane, Hall, Layla, Althagafi, Lujain, Hudson, Chloe, Gierc, Madelaine, Wright, Kristyn, Goettl, Hannah, Keogh-Lim, Daniel, Rischke-Peddle, Alexis, and Ayub, Muhammad

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Introduction: Preliminary evidence suggests dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) may be beneficial for persons with intellectual disabilities. This pilot randomized controlled trial aimed to determine the feasibility of adapted DBT for adults with intellectual disabilities and co-morbid psychiatric disorders in the community. Methods: An adapted DBT programme (aDBT-ID) was delivered to adults with mild-to-moderate intellectual disability (n = 20) and their caregivers (n = 20). A single-blind, mixed-methods design was employed with treatment (n = 10) and control (n = 10). In addition to feasibility, pre-post-measures of emotional regulation, anger and mental health were taken from clients and caregivers. Results: Results suggest it was feasible and beneficial to deliver adapted DBT in the community. Qualitative findings found both participants and caregivers were satisfied with the treatment delivery. No differences between conditions were found. Conclusion: This pilot study highlights the feasibility of adapted DBT for individuals with intellectual disabilities and the practicalities of delivering community-based inclusive research.

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2021
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6. Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) Screening at 18 Months of Age Predicts Concurrent Understanding of Desires, Word Learning and Expressive Vocabulary

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Wright, Kristyn and Poulin-Dubois, Diane

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The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) is a 23-item questionnaire used in primary screening of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The current studies examine the concurrent validity of the M-CHAT in its ability to predict 18-month-olds' performance on theory of mind and word learning tasks. In Experiment 1, infants' understanding of desires was tested using a modified food request task. Experiment 2 assessed infants' ability to learn novel words. Results indicate that infants' score on the M-CHAT significantly predicts their performance on both the desire understanding and the novel word learning task. As expected, the number of items endorsed on the M-CHAT also relates to infants' expressive vocabulary at 18 months of age. Taken together, these findings confirm the concurrent validity of the M-CHAT at the youngest age this measure can reliably be administered. Within a broader clinical context, the present results provide preliminary evidence that controlled laboratory tasks assessing early social cognitive and verbal abilities could be added to the battery of screening instruments for ASD.

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2012
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8. Social Motivation and Implicit Theory of Mind in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Burnside, Kimberly, Wright, Kristyn, and Poulin-Dubois, Diane

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Male, Motivation, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Child, Preschool, Theory of Mind, Humans, Female, Child, Social Behavior, Article
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According to the social motivation theory of autism, children who develop Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have early deficits in social motivation, which is expressed by decreased attention to social information. These deficits are said to lead to impaired socio-cognitive development, such as theory of mind (ToM). There is little research focused on the relation between social motivation and ToM in this population. The goal of the present study was to investigate the link between one aspect of social motivation, social orienting, and ToM in preschoolers with ASD. It was expected that, in contrast to typically developing (TD) children, children with ASD would show impaired performance on tasks measuring social orienting and ToM. It was also expected that children's performance on the social orienting tasks would be correlated with their performance on the ToM task. A total of 17 children with ASD and 16 TD children participated in this study. Participants completed two social orienting tasks, a face preference task and a biological motion preference task, as well an implicit false belief task. Results reveal that TD children, but not children with ASD, exhibited social preference as measured by a preference for faces and biological motion. Furthermore, children with ASD tended to perform worse on the ToM task compared to their TD counterparts. Performance on the social motivation tasks and the ToM task tended to be related but only for the TD children. These findings suggest that ToM is multifaceted and that motivational deficits might have downstream effects even on implicit ToM. Autism Res 2017, 10: 1834-1844. © 2017 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.The goal of the present study was to examine the link between poor attention to social information and mindreading abilities in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Results demonstrated that children with ASD tended to perform worse than neurotypical children on both social orienting and theory of mind tasks. Preference for human faces and motion tended to be related but only for the neurotypical children. These findings provide partial support for the social motivation theory.

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2017

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