Publications by authors named "Ashley Freuler"
Article Synopsis
- Caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and developmental disabilities (DD) use various strategies based on the child's sensory responses, categorized into hyperresponsiveness, hyporesponsiveness, and sensory seeking.
- A study involving 117 children aged 2-10 found that children’s sensory response patterns influenced caregiver strategies, although factors like mental age or chronological age did not significantly affect the rate of these strategies.
- The research highlighted that caregivers of ASD children reported utilizing more strategies, and specific child behaviors prompted higher rates of caregiver interventions.
Background: Despite the mounting evidence of efficacy of early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders, there is little research that considers the various perceptions and resources with which parents respond to the pressures and opportunities associated with participation in early intervention. Research is particularly lacking surrounding experiences of parents with infants who are at risk of autism spectrum disorders but do not (yet) have a diagnosed condition.
Objectives: This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences of caregivers following their participation in a randomized controlled trial of Adapted Responsive Teaching, a parent-infant relationship-focused intervention for infants at risk of autism spectrum disorders in a community sample.
OBJECTIVE. This study explored precursors and trajectories of extreme sensory patterns in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared with children with developmental delay (DD). METHOD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To examine patterns of sensory responsiveness (i.e., hyperresponsiveness, hyporesponsiveness, and sensory seeking) as factors that may account for variability in social-communicative symptoms of autism and variability in language, social, and communication skill development in children with autism or other developmental disabilities (DDs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: We evaluated the psychometric properties of the Sensory Experiences Questionnaire (Version 1; Baranek, David, Poe, Stone, & Watson 2006), a brief caregiver questionnaire for young children with autism and developmental delays used to identify sensory processing patterns in the context of daily activities.
Method: Caregiver questionnaires (N=358) were analyzed to determine internal consistency. The test-retest subsample (n=24) completed two assessments within 2-4 wk.