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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 12/2010

01-12-2010 | Original paper

Teaching Emotion Recognition Skills to Children with Autism

Auteurs: Christian Ryan, Caitríona Ní Charragáin

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 12/2010

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Abstract

Autism is associated with difficulty interacting with others and an impaired ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion. Previous teaching programmes have not addressed weak central coherence. Emotion recognition training focused on components of facial expressions. The training was administered in small groups ranging from 4 to 7 children. Improvements were significantly better for the training group (n = 20, mean age 9 years, 3 months) than a waiting list control group (n = 10, mean age 10 years, 7 months). Pre and post measures revealed an effect size of the training of Cohen’s d = 1.42. The impact of the training was highly significant. There was evidence of some generalisation of the emotion recognition and improvements at follow-up.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Teaching Emotion Recognition Skills to Children with Autism
Auteurs
Christian Ryan
Caitríona Ní Charragáin
Publicatiedatum
01-12-2010
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 12/2010
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1009-8

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