| Teaching Emotion Recognition Skills to Children with Autism | Mark back to top | |
| Authors: | Christian Ryan, Caitríona Charragáin | |
| Source: | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Volume 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 | |
17 Dec 2010
COPE Publication - Teaching Emotion Recognition Skills to Children with Autism
Congratulations to Christian Ryan and Caitríona Charragáin on their recent publication.
10 Dec 2010
People with disabilities want choice - Minister for Health
03 December 2010
Minister of State for Disability & Mental Health, John Moloney T.D. will today (Some of the main findings of the consultation include:
· Almost three quarters (73%) of people consulted felt that the best option for meeting the needs of people with disabilities would be for them to have a choice to get different elements of service from different providers.
· Exactly half of respondents said that people with disabilities should get to choose and manage their own services
· 96% of respondents agreed that the current objectives of the Disability Services are relevant.
· Many felt that access to services and information about services was not adequate and that there are inequities in how resources are distributed within the system
The full consultation report is now available on the Department of Heath & Children’s websiteAlmost 200 people responded to the public consultation process which was undertaken by the Office for Disability & Mental Health as part of a Value for Money & Policy Review of the Disability Services. Respondents included service users and their families, statutory and voluntary service providers, staff members, advocacy organisations and representative bodies.
Speaking on the International Day for Persons with Disabilities (
3 Dec 2010
Finding ID Information for Your Essays - 1st Years Dec 2010
1. Define your topic
2. Where will you find information
3. How to find it
4. How to cite what you’ve found
1. Define your topic
“No wind is favourable if you don’t know where you are going”
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
Write out your essay title, write a long version, write out the key themes, write out other ways of saying the same thing.
Use an Encyclopedia/Reference Source to define your terms -
Good places to look for definitions -
Contact a Family - Provides an A-Z listing with basic information on many ID conditions/syndromes and contact details of specialist support groups.
MayoClinic (http://www.mayoclinic.com/) is an extension of the Mayo Clinic's commitment to provide health education to patients and the general public. Editors of the site include more than 2,000 physicians, scientists, writers, and educators at the Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit institution
NHS – add “NHS” to any Google search to get a better set of hits.
Google - try out terms on Google scholar, Google, to find better, broader, narrower, deeper, different terms.
2. Where will you find information
Catalogues (books), databases(articles), web (institutional, government information)
To keep on track always (ALWAYS!) start your search from the SUBJECT PORTAL FOR INTELLECTUAL DISABILTIES - it reminds you to keep to key databases, books and journals.
3. How to find it – acquire some search skills!
Here are some YouTube tutorials for you to try
Searching Cinahl tutorial - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrk9ex9RPs
Pubmed tutorial – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cephh8yXk3I
Google advanced Search tips - http://www.slideshare.net/asllibraryassociation/niamh-osullivans-presentation-asl-seminar-2010
4. How to record/cite what you’ve found - Harvard Style
O'flynn, S. (2010). My fabulous Library Tutorial. What Nurses Need to Know. 9 (3), 35-42.
A gadget that formats references for you – it’s handy until you get the gist of it and for the tricky ones http://www.neilstoolbox.com/bibliography-creator/
(There are ads on this site which get in the way a bit but just highlight them too – they don’t show up when you past the reference into your report)
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