17 Dec 2010

COPE Publication - Teaching Emotion Recognition Skills to Children with Autism

Congratulations to Christian Ryan and Caitríona Charragáin on their recent publication.


Teaching Emotion Recognition Skills to Children with Autism

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   Authors:Christian Ryan, Caitríona Charragáin
   Source:Journal of Autism and Developmental DisordersVolume 40, Number 12 (December 2010)
   Page Numbers:1505 - 1511
   Abstract Excerpt: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... more