9th Annual International Meeting For Autism Research ... - Confex

9:00 15 105.015
Relationships Among Joint Attention, Imitation, Play and Language
in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. C. C. Wu* 1 and
C. H. Chiang 2 , (1)National Chung Cheng University, (2)National
Chengchi University
10:00 16 105.016
Sounds of Melody – Acoustic Features of Speech in Autism. M.
Sharda* and N. Singh, National Brain Research Centre
11:00 17 105.017
The Relationship Between Gesture Use and Adaptive Functioning
in Autism. K. Stamper*, R. Bernier and J. Gerdts, University of
Washington
9:00 18 105.018
Utility of the Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year Olds (STAT) as a
Continuous Measure of Nonverbal Social-Communicative Behavior.
E. H. Catania* 1 , A. S. Nahmias 1 , J. H. Foss-Feig 1 , A. S. Carter 2 , D. S.
Messinger 3 and W. L. Stone 4 , (1)Vanderbilt University, (2)University
of Massachusetts Boston, (3)University of Miami, (4)Vanderbilt
Kennedy Center
10:00 19 105.019
Auditory Preferences in Infants at Risk for ASD. R. Paul*, K.
Chawarska, E. Schoen and A. Klin, Yale University School of
Medicine
11:00 20 105.020
Enhancing Spontaneous Speech Production in a Previously
Nonverbal Adult with Autism. E. P. Loughlin*, E. J. Pickett, J. Thorne
and B. Gordon, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
9:00 21 105.021
Increased Pitch Variability in Young Autistic Children. Y. S. Bonneh* 1 ,
Y. Levanon 2 and O. Dean-Pardo 3 , (1)University of Haifa, (2)Netanya
Academic College, (3)Child Development Center
10:00 22 105.022
Instant Messaging as An Alternate Form of Communication for
Adolescents with Asperger’s Syndrome or High Functioning Autism.
S. Carr* and B. Myers, Virginia Commonwealth University
11:00 23 105.023
Interactive Visuo-Motor Therapy as a Supplementary Social
Communication Treatment Model for Children with Autistic
Spectrum Disorders. P. Leigh*, Edinboro University
9:00 24 105.024
Joint Attention and Language Development in Young Children with
Autism. S. Tek*, G. Jaffery, D. A. Fein and L. Naigles, University of
Connecticut
10:00 25 105.025
Maternal and Child Gesture Use and Language Outcomes in Infants
at-Risk for Autism. M. Thompson* and H. Tager-Flusberg, Boston
University
11:00 26 105.026
Stability and Variation in the Social Communication and Shared
Attention Behaviours of Preschoolers with Autism Across Two
Naturalistic Observation Assessments. L. Brown* 1 , K. Hudry 2 , S.
Clifford 3 , K. Leadbitter 4 , T. Charman 5 and .. PACT Consortium 4 ,
(1)Wessex Neurological Centre, (2)Department of Psychology and
Human Development, Institute of Education, (3)King’s College
- University of London, (4)University of Manchester, (5)Institute of
Education, University of London
Program
9:00 27 105.027
Validation of the Autism Spectrum Screening Scale (ASSQ),
Mandarin Chinese Version. Y. Guo 1 , Y. Tang 2 , C. E. Rice* 3 , L. C. Lee 4 ,
Y. F. Wang 1 and J. Cubells 2 , (1)Institute of Mental Health, Peking
University Health Science Center, (2)Emory University, (3)National
Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, (4)Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
10:00 28 105.028
A Generalisability Study to Estimate Optimal Design When Using
the Classroom Observation Schedule to Measure Intentional
Communication (COSMIC). G. Pasco* 1 , R. K. Gordon 2 , P. Howlin 3 and
T. Charman 4 , (1)University of Cambridge, (2)Institute of Psychiatry,
(3)Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, (4)Institute of
Education, University of London
11:00 29 105.029
Automatic Identifi cation of Children at-Risk for ASD Using Audio
Recording. D. Xu* 1 , J. A. Richards 1 , J. Gilkerson 1 , S. F. Warren 2 and
D. K. Oller 3 , (1)LENA Foundation, (2)University of Kansas, (3)The
University of Memphis
9:00 30 105.030
Communicative Repair Skills in Boys with Autism and Fragile X
Syndrome. R. L. Cardwell* 1 , G. E. Martin 2 and M. Losh 2 , (1)UNC
Chapel Hill, (2)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:00 31 105.031
Embarking On the Journey through Pediatric Transplantation with
An Autistic Child. M. A. Peralta* and A. M. L. Lefebvre, The Hosptial
for Sick Children
11:00 32 105.032
Factors Infl uencing Knowledge about Childhood Autism Among
Final Year Medical, Nursing and Psychology Students in Enugu,
Nigeria. M. N. Igwe* 1 , M. O. Bakare 2 , G. M. Onyeama 1 and K. O.
Okonkwo 1 , (1)Department of Psychological Medicine, University
of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu, Nigeria, (2)Federal Neuro-
Psychiatric Hospital, New Haven, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria
9:00 33 105.033
Maternal Language Directed to CHILDREN with AUTISM Spectrum
Disorders, DOWN Syndrome and Typical DEVELOPMENT. S. De
Falco* 1 , G. Esposito 1 , M. Zaninelli 1 , M. H. Bornstein 2 and P. Venuti 1 ,
(1)University of Trento, (2)National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of
Health and Human Services
10:00 34 105.034
Request for Social Interaction in Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching
for Young Children with Autism. H. Kinugasa* and S. Sonoyama,
University of Tsukuba
11:00 35 105.035
The Experiences of Latina Mothers During the Diagnosis of ASD
in Their Children. S. K. Dickson* and E. Giarelli, University of
Pennsylvania
9:00 36 105.036
The Use of a Digital Language Processor to Examine the
Effectiveness of a Parent-Training Aimed at Improving the
Language Learning Environments of Children with Autism. S.
Patterson* and V. Smith, University of Alberta
Thursday – AM
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