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GO4KIDDS Projects
- Survey of Health, Wellbeing, and Social Inclusion of children with severe developmental disabilities across Canada and that of their parents
- Family Quality of Life in parents of children with severe developmental disabilities
- Social inclusion of children with severe developmental disabilities in educational and community settings
- Healthcare and service system needs of youth with severe developmental disabilities across Canada
Evaluation of Autism Diagnostic & Developmental Measures and Concepts
- Vineland Study
- New Vineland-II compared to old Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales
- Maladaptive Behavior in autism as measured by the Maladaptive domain of the Vineland-II
- Subgroups of children with PDDs
- PDD-NOS study
- Sex differences in developmental and diagnostic characteristics of autism
- Factor analysis of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) in two age groups
- CARS in five diagnostic groups of young children
- Validity of the PDD Behavior Inventory
- The persistence of early developmental indicators in preschoolers with cognitive delays.
- Comparison of three adaptive behaviour measures in autism in relation to cognitive level and severity of autism.
Measuring Quality of IBI Treatment
- Survey of parents & professionals regarding aspects of quality of IBI
- York Measure of Quality of Intensive Behavioural Intervention
- York System of Quality Assurance
- Pilot Study of a Benchmark Approach
- Literature analysis of treatment factors involved in IBI effectiveness
Effectiveness of Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI)
- Provincial retrospective study of effectiveness of IBI
- Outcomes for children in TPAS
- Predictors of outcomes in provincial IBI study
- Tracking developmental trajectories in IBI using the ABLLS
- Wait-list controlled study
- Follow-up of children previously receiving IBI
- Over 6 study
- Prospective study
Evaluation of Treatments and Interventions
- Examining factors predicting PECS and other communication outcomes from a community summer camp
- Evaluation of the TRE-ADD Parent Training Program
- Program Evaluation TRE-ADD Residential Services
- Transition of children from IBI to the school system
- Outcomes in adolescents & adults with autism and intellectual disability
Families of Children with Autism and Developmental Disabilities
- Perry model of family stress in families of children with developmental disabilities
- Factors related to parent involvement in IBI: parent & therapist perspectives
- Examining family stress as predictor of children’s outcomes in IBI
- Role of culture in impact of autism on families
- Concordance between standardized testing and parent report in ESL vs English-speaking families
- Emotional intelligence in parents of children with autism
- Individual and family coping in parents of children with autism
- Predicting positive outcomes for parents of children with autism
- Madres raising children with developmental disabilities
- Career orientation of siblings of children with autism
- Psychosocial outcomes of siblings of children with autism
- Coping and supports as moderators of distress in parents of children with developmental delays
Social Inclusion and Participation
- Activity participation of children with autism, developmental disabilities, and typically developing children
