Teaching Emotional Recognition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Generalizing into Reality Using Systematic Vehicles
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Authors
Gavigan, Kelley L.
Issue Date
2010
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Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
Individuals with ASD have deficits in theory of mind, which includes limited ability in
emotional recognition, but have superior systemizing abilities. The proposed study was
designed to enhance the emotional recognition abilities in children with ASD, specifically
to generalize into real life situations, through the use of The Transporters DVDs. The 5-
week study would include 33 children (23 diagnosed with ASD) who would be tested
before and after intervention with The Transporters DVDs. Participants who would
receive treatment would predictably show significantly better emotional recognition in all
6 testing levels. Generalization into real life situations would significantly improve, but
would show less improvement than all other levels. These findings would suggest that
emotional recognition can be improved, but individuals with ASD still struggle with
generalization involving complex emotions or stimuli.
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iv, 55 p.
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