Assessing Motor Skills as a Differentiating Feature between High Functioning Autism and Asperger's Disorder

Autor/in	Cid, Maria R.
Titel	Assessing Motor Skills as a Differentiating Feature between High Functioning Autism and Asperger's Disorder
Quelle	(2011), (112 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Capella University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-1096-9773-5
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Psychomotor Skills; Comparative Analysis; Asperger Syndrome; Autism; Children; Diagnostic Tests; Evaluation Criteria; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Databases; Computer Software; School Districts; Special Education; Eligibility; Statistical Analysis; Clinical Diagnosis; Evaluation Methods; Nevada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Asperger-Syndrom; Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Datenbank; School district; Schulbezirk; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Eignung; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The purpose of this research was to investigate if motor skills could be used as a differentiating feature between Asperger's Disorder (AD) and High Functioning (HFA) in children under the age of 9 years, 0 months, in order to provide additional information regarding the usefulness and validity of distinguishing these two disorders. There is continued controversy over whether the two disorders differ because there is a lack of a consistent set of diagnostic instruments and criteria for clinicians to use when diagnosing disorders within the autism spectrum. The research design employed was a non-experimental, causal comparative study. The study's methodology involved randomly selecting a sample population from a database of archived records of individuals who met the special education eligibility criteria for autism maintained by Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada. Forty-six records were identified as matching the study parameters and comprised 10 girls aged 3-6 and 36 boys aged 3-7 years. The data was analyzed using the SPSS statistical software package. The independent "t" test was used to test the significance of the difference between the means of the two groups in the study. The results revealed that, with respect to motor skills, there was a significant difference between the AD and HFA groups. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10