Browsing by Author "Healy, Olive"
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A systematic review of physiological reactivity to stimuli in autism
Lydon, Sinéad; Healy, Olive; Reed, Phil; Mulhern, Teresa; Hughes, Brian M.; Goodwin, Matthew S. (Informa UK Limited, 2014-10-30)Objective: The prevalence of abnormal behavioural responses to a variety of stimuli among individuals with autism has led researchers to examine whether physiological reactivity (PR) is typical in this population. This ... -
A systematic review of the treatment of fears and phobias among children with autism spectrum disorders
Lydon, Sinéad; Healy, Olive; O’Callaghan, Orla; Mulhern, Teresa; Holloway, Jennifer (Springer Nature, 2014-12-02)Research indicates that fears and phobias are significantly more prevalent and emerge in response to a greater variety of stimuli, among children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) than among their developmentally disabled ... -
The analysis and treatment of problem behavior evoked by auditory stimulation
Devlin, Sarah; Healy, Olive; Reed, Phil; Leader, Geraldine (Elsevier, 2008)The current study aimed to identify specific stimuli associated with music that served as an establishing operation (EO) for the problem behavior of a 6 year old child with a diagnosis of autism. Assessment results ... -
Analysis of risk factors and early predictors of challenging behavior for children with autism spectrum disorder
McTiernan, Aoife; Leader, Geraldine; Healy, Olive; Mannion, Arlene (Elsevier, 2011-02-12)The current study evaluated risk factors for the occurrence, frequency and severity of challenging behavior among a sample of individuals with a diagnosis of autism, under the age of eighteen, in Ireland. Age, gender, hours ... -
Analysis of risk factors and early predictors of challenging behavior for children with autism spectrum disorder
McTiernan, Aoife; Leader, Geraldine; Healy, Olive; Mannion, Arlene (Elsevier BV, 2011-07-01) -
Behavioural fluency: An investigation of instructional approaches to build fluency with academic skills and associated outcomes
Mc Tiernan, Aoife (2014-07-11)This thesis investigates the efficacy of instructional approaches designed to build fluency with mathematics skills, specifically, frequency-building, Precision Teaching (PT) and the Morningside Mathematics Fluency curricula. ... -
Comparison of behavioral intervention and sensory-integration therapy in the treatment of challenging behavior
Devlin, Sarah; Healy, Olive; Leader, Geraldine; Hughes, Brian M. (Springer, 2010-12-14)The objective of the current study was to compare the effects of sensory-integration therapy (SIT) and a behavioral intervention on rates of challenging behavior (including self-injurious behavior) in four children diagnosed ... -
Comparison of behavioral intervention and sensory-integration therapy in the treatment of self-injurious behavior.
Devlin, Sarah; Healy, Olive; Leader, Geraldine (Elsevier, 2009)The current study investigates the comparative effects of sensory-integration therapy and behavioral interventions on rates of self-injurious behaviour (SIB) in a nine-year-old boy with a diagnosis of autism. A functional ... -
A Comparison of the effects of Sensory-Integration Therapy and Behavioural Intervention on Challenging Behaviour and Academic Performance with Children with Autism
Lydon, Helena (2012-11)Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder and presents as a complex and often puzzling category of conditions. Parents of children with ASD face a dilemma when selecting the most efficient and ... -
A comparison of video modeling and pivotal response training to teach pretend play skills to children with autism Spectrum disorder
Lydon, Helena; Healy, Olive; Leader, Geraldine (Elsevier, 2010-11-20)This study aimed to directly compare the effectiveness of Pivotal Response Training (PRT) and Video Modeling (VM) in the acquisition and generalization of scripted play verbalizations and actions as well as the use of ... -
The effects of daily tact instruction on the emission of pure mands, tacts and conversational units in non-instructional settings by two preschool children with autism
Lydon, Helena; Healy, Olive; Leader, Geraldine; Keohane, Dolleen-Day (2009)This study examined the effects of daily intensive tact instruction on the emission of verbal operants in non-instructional settings by two preschool aged children with autism. A delayed multiple probe design across ... -
Erratum to: heart rate measurement during stereotyped motor behavior in autism spectrum disorder
Lydon, Sinéad; Healy, Olive; Mulhern, Teresa; Hughes, Brian M. (Springer Nature, 2015-09-17) -
Heart rate measurement during stereotyped motor behavior in autism spectrum disorder
Lydon, Sinéad; Healy, Olive; Mulhern, Teresa; Hughes, Brian M. (Springer Nature, 2015-08-14)Previous research has suggested that a relationship may exist between physiological arousal and engagement in motor stereotypy among children and adolescents with autism. It has been speculated that levels or alterations ... -
An investigation of a precision teaching intervention programme as a tier 2 intervention targeting foundational reading skills with at risk readers
Brosnan, Julie (2015-02-06)This thesis describes the first application of a Tier 2 intervention programme targeting fluency in foundational reading skills with at risk Senior Infant readers (n=36). The PT intervention programme combined: (a) fluency ... -
An investigation of comorbid psychological disorders, sleep problems, gastrointestinal symptoms and epilepsy in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Mannion, Arlene; Leader, Geraldine; Healy, Olive (Elsevier, 2012-08-15)The current study investigated comorbidity in eighty-nine children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Ireland. Comorbidity is the presence of one or more disorders in addition to a primary disorder. The ... -
An investigation of reading abilities and the impact of programmed instruction on reading outcomes in children with autism specrtum disorder
Nally, Amanda (NUI Galway, 2018-05-11)This thesis investigates reading abilities and programmed instruction, i.e., instruction that is scripted and sequenced, with explicit learning goals, based on the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis, in children with ... -
Operant Variability:An Experimental Analysis of Consequential Control over Response Variation
Murray, Clodagh Mary (2012-09-29)This thesis investigated the differences in response variability between children and adolescents with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and neurotypical children and adolescents. It also examined ,methods for ... -
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Morningside Math Facts Curriculum on Fluency, Stability, Endurance and Application Outcomes
McTiernan, Aoife; Holloway, Jennifer; Healy, Olive; Hogan, Michael (Springer, 2015-05-23)A randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate the impact of a frequency-building curriculum to increase the fluency of component mathematics skills in a sample of 28 males aged 9¿11 years. Assessments of mathematical ... -
Response to a letter to the editors re: “Comparison of Behavioral Intervention and Sensory-Integration Therapy in the Treatment of Challenging Behavior”
Healy, Olive; Hughes, Brian M.; Leader, Geraldine; Devlin, Sarah (Springer, 2011-06-01)[No abstract available] -
Risk factors for challenging behaviors among 157 children with autism spectrum disorder in Ireland
Murphy, Olivia; Healy, Olive; Leader, Geraldine (Elsevier, 2008-11-25)The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for the occurrence of challenging behavior along with the specific topographies of challenging behavior shown by a sample of children with autism spectrum disorder in ...