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

10:00 105 105.105
High-Risk Infants’ Behavioral and Neural Responses to Faces: An
Eye-Tracking and Visual ERP Study. R. Luyster* 1 , J. B. Wagner 1 , T.
Augenstein 2 , L. M. Kasparian 3 , H. Tager-Flusberg 4 and C. A. Nelson 2 ,
(1)Children’s Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, (2)Children’s
Hospital Boston, (3)Boston University School of Medicine, (4)Boston
University
11:00 106 105.106
Visual Search and the Broader Autism Phenotype: A Study of the
Infant Siblings of Children with Autism and Typically Developing
Infants. E. Goldknopf*, K. Gillespie-Lynch, T. Hutman, M. Sigman
and S. P. Johnson, University of California, Los Angeles
Poster Sessions
105 Social Function
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Franklin Hall B Level 4
9:00 107 105.107
Identifying Social and Non-Social Change in Natural Scenes:
Comparisons Among Adults, and Children with and without Autism.
B. R. Sheth* 1 , J. Liu 1 , O. Olagbaju 1 , L. Varghese 1 , R. Mansour 2 , S.
L. Reddoch 3 , D. A. Pearson 2 and K. A. Loveland 2 , (1)University of
Houston, (2)University of Texas Medical School at Houston, (3)Univ.
of Texas Med. Sch. at Houston
10:00 108 105.108
Development of the School-Age Autism Screening Inventory for
High-Functioning Students. C. T. Wormeli* 1 , G. M. Robinson 1 and W.
T. McKee 2 , (1)Provincial Outreach Program for Autism and Related
Disorders, (2)University of British Columbia
11:00 109 105.109
Autonomic Responsiveness to Images with Social-Affective
Content in Individuals with Autism. O. Olu-Lafe* 1 , M. C. André 2 ,
D. Plesa-Skwerer 2 and H. Tager-Flusberg 1 , (1)Boston University,
(2)Boston University School of Medicine
9:00 110 105.110
Activity Participation Patterns of Children with Asperger Syndrome:
Implications for Health. R. L. Taylor* 1 , T. S. Olds 1 , K. Boshoff 1 and
A. E. Lane 2 , (1)University of South Australia, (2)The Ohio State
University
10:00 111 105.111
Affective Internalizing Problems Related to Age in Children and
Adolescents with High Functioning Autism. J. F. Strang* 1 , L.
Kenworthy 1 , P. Daniolos 1 , L. K. Case 2 , M. Wills 1 and G. L. Wallace 3 ,
(1)Children’s National Medical Center, (2)University of California,
San Diego, (3)National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes
of Health
11:00 112 105.112
Children Who Fail the M-CHAT but Do Not Have ASD: A Comparison
of Younger Siblings with Pediatric and Early Intervention
Populations. K. Carr* 1 , J. Pandey 2 , A. Verbalis 1 , S. Hodgson 1 , M.
L. Barton 1 , J. Green 1 and D. A. Fein 1 , (1)University of Connecticut,
(2)Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
9:00 113 105.113
Early Childhood Predictors of Social Functioning in Adults with
Autism Spectrum Disorder. L. Gomez* 1 , L. Sepeta 1 , K. Gillespie-
Lynch 1 , L. Sterling 2 , T. Hutman 1 and M. Sigman 1 , (1)University of
California, Los Angeles, (2)University of Washington
Program
10:00 114 105.114
Autistic Traits in ADHD: Is There a Case for a Co-Morbid Subgroup?.
R. Grzadzinski* 1 , A. Di Martino 1 , M. Mairena 1 , E. Brady 1 , M.
O’Neale 1 , E. Petkova 1 , C. Lord 2 and F. X. Castellanos 1 , (1)NYU Child
Study Center, (2)University of Michigan
11:00 115 105.115
Do Specifi c Diffi culties in Social Development Relate to Generalized
Social Challenges in Young Children with ASD?. L. O’Connell*, E. A.
Kelley, K. Dunfi eld and V. Kuhlmeier, Queen’s University
9:00 116 105.116
Construct and Criterion-Referenced Validity of the Pervasive
Developmental Disorder(PDD) ASJ Rating Scale(PARS). I. Tani* 1 and
M. Tsujii 2 , (1)Hamamatsu University School of medicine, (2)Chukyo
University
10:00 117 105.117
Arousal and Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
T. P. Levine* 1 , S. J. Sheinkopf 2 , B. M. Lester 2 , M. Pescosolido 3 ,
A. Rodino 3 and G. Elia 4 , (1)Warren Alpert Medical School of
Brown University, (2)The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown
University, (3)Women and Infants’ Hospital, (4)Boston College
11:00 118 105.118
Adaptive Behavior in Young Children with High and Low Functional
Autism Spectrum Disorders. C. L. Chu* 1 , Y. S. Huang 1 and C. H.
Chiang 2 , (1)National Chung Cheng University, (2)National Chengchi
University
10:00 120 105.120
Changes in the Social Networks of Elementary School-Aged
Children with and without Autism. J. Locke*, C. Kasari, M.
Kretzmann and J. Bang, University of California, Los Angeles
11:00 121 105.121
Ecological Features of Preschool Environments That Support the
Social Engagement of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. S.
S. Reszka 1 , S. Odom* 2 and K. Hume 3 , (1)University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, (2)University of North Carolina, (3)Frank Porter
Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
9:00 122 105.122
Frequency of and Risk Factors for Behavior and Emotional
Problems in Siblings of Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum
Disorder. T. E. Hemming* 1 , F. Hurewitz 1 and D. S. Mandell 2 , (1)Drexel
University, (2)University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
10:00 123 105.123
A Longitudinal Study of Adaptive Abilities and Autistic Symptoms
From Middle Childhood to Adulthood. S. L. Marshall* 1 , K. Gillespie-
Lynch 2 , L. Sepeta 2 , J. Barnwell 3 , T. Hutman 2 and M. Sigman 2 ,
(1)UCLA, (2)University of California, Los Angeles, (3)University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11:00 124 105.124
Examining the Relation Between ESCS and Pre-Intervention
Baseline Levels of Joint Attention. J. M. Londono*, J. S. Durocher,
A. Gutierrez, M. N. Hale, S. Novotny and M. Alessandri, University
of Miami
9:00 125 105.125
Enhancing Positive Emotion Sharing in Toddlers at High Risk for
ASD. J. Brian* 1 , I. M. Smith 2 , T. McCormick 3 , E. Dowds 4 , W. Roberts 5 ,
L. Zwaigenbaum 6 and S. E. Bryson 7 , (1)Hospital for Sick Children
& Bloorview Kids Rehab, (2)Dalhousie University & IWK Health
Centre, (3)IWK Health Centre, (4)Bloorview Kids Rehab and Hospital
for Sick Children/ University of Toronto, (5)University of Toronto,
(6)University of Alberta, (7)Dalhousie University/IWK Health Centre
Thursday – AM
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