Core Deficits and Symptoms II

Saturday, May 19, 2012: 8:00 AM-12:30 PM
Sheraton Hall (Sheraton Centre Toronto)
9:00 AM
143 Exploring Relationships Between Anxiety Symptoms and Repetitive Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
I. Giserman, L. Berry, C. M. Puleo, M. C. Souders, A. Bennett, J. S. Miller and J. D. Herrington
11:00 AM
145 The Female Profile of Autism: An Examination of Friendships
A. M. Head, J. A. McGillivray, J. A. Manjiviona, T. Attwood and M. A. Stokes
9:00 AM
Clinical Presentation of ASD in Preschool Aged Girls and Boys: Differences That Could Delay Identification of Girls (Withdrawn)
L. Huang-Storms
9:00 AM
149 Parents of Children with ASD Scaffold Novel Word Learning
A. M. Gonzalez Barrero and A. Nadig
10:00 AM
150 Communication Spontaneity in Infants At High and Low Risk for ASD
S. L. Alvarez, A. M. Estes, J. E. Elgin, B. LeBlanc and A. D. Rosenberg
11:00 AM
151 Initial Psychometric Properties of the Autism Impact Measure (AIM): A New Tool for Treatment Outcome Measurement
S. M. Kanne, M. O. Mazurek, D. Sikora, B. J. Bellando, B. H. Freedman, B. L. Handen, T. Katz, E. Leuthe, M. M. Powell, J. Vickstrom, L. Walters and Z. Warren
10:00 AM
156 Factors Associated with Empathic Behavior in Children and Adolescents with High-Functioning ASD
A. M. Scheeren, P. C. Mundy, H. M. Koot, L. Mous and S. Begeer
11:00 AM
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160 A Second Look At Imitation: Imitative Errors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
M. Sevlever, J. M. Gillis, R. E. Mattson and R. G. Romanczyk
9:00 AM
161 Nonverbal Referential Communication and Language in Infants At High Risk for ASD
C. J. Grantz, L. V. Ibanez, D. N. Gangi, W. L. Stone, Z. Warren and D. S. Messinger
10:00 AM
162 Identifying Features of ASD Language Impairment in Narrative Retellings
E. T. Prud'hommeaux, B. Roark, L. M. Black and J. van Santen
11:00 AM
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167 Exploring the Impact of Vygotsky in Pre-School Autism
C. Harrop, J. Green and P. Consortium
10:00 AM
168 Age of First Words Predicts Cognitive Ability and Adaptive Skills in Children with ASD
J. Mayo, C. Chlebowski, D. A. Fein and I. M. Eigsti
10:00 AM
171 Asperger Syndrome in Adults: Evidence for the Validity of Contemporary Screens
B. M. Stoesz, J. Montgomery, L. Hellsten, K. Stoddart, L. J. Burke and M. A. Stokes
11:00 AM
172 Divergence of Object Play Trajectories Between High-Risk Infant Siblings and Low-Risk Controls Occurs Between 15 and 18 Months of Age
T. P. Nguyen, L. V. Ibanez, M. Fong, D. S. Messinger, C. J. Grantz, Z. Warren and W. L. Stone
9:00 AM
Memantine Treatment for Behavioral Improvement in Autism (Withdrawn)
R. Low and C. Lepage
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