1st Edition
Autism Spectrum Disorders A Special Issue of Child Neuropsychology
Edited By Natacha Akshoomoff
Copyright 2006
148 Pages
by
Psychology Press
148 Pages
by
Psychology Press
Children with autism spectrum disorders share a pervasive impairment in the development of reciprocal social interaction skills but vary in their verbal and nonverbal communication skills and various restricted and repetitive behaviors. This variability presents challenges for developmental and neurobiological models. Our understanding of the autism spectrum disorders is improved by studying... Read more
N. Akshoomoff, Introduction: Autism Spectrum Disorders. S. Bishop, J. Richler, C. Lord, Association Between Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors and Nonverbal IQ in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. N. Akshoomoff, Use of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning for the Assessment of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. D. Williams, G. Goldstein, N. Minshew, Neuropsychologic Functioning in Children with Autism: Further Evidence for Disordered Complex Information-processing. S. Hooper, K. Poon, L. Marcus, C. Fine, Neuropsychological Characteristics of School-Age Children with High-Functioning Autism: Performance on the NEPSY. S. Colgan, E. Lanter, C. McComish, E. Crais, G. Baranek, Analysis of Social Interaction Gestures in Infants With Autism. D. Pearson, K. Loveland, D. Lachar, D. Lane, S. Reddoch, R. Mansour, L. Cleveland, A Comparison of Behavioral and Emotional Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Autistic Disorder and PDD-NOS. B. Corbett, L. Constantine, Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Assessing Attention and Response Control with the Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test. R. Raymaekers, J. van der Meere, H. Roeyers, Response Inhibition and Immediate Arousal in Children with High-Functioning Autism. P. Renner, L. Klinger, M. Klinger, Exogenous and Endogenous Attention Orienting in Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Biography
Natacha Akshoomoff, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, USA
