Angeliki Gena

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | uoa · Faculty of Dept of Educational Studies

Language development in children and adolescents with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with deficits in receptive and expressive language, including pragmatics, language structure, and inappropriate verbal utterances (e.g., stereotypic and echolalic utterances). Moreover, children and adolescents with ASD present deficits in first- and...

Language development in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with deficits in receptive and expressive language, including pragmatics, language structure, and inappropriate verbal utterances (e.g., stereotypic and echolalic utterances). Moreover, children and adolescents with ASD present deficits in first- and...

This work presents data from four non-Greek mothers of children with ASD living in Greece. The data focuses on language experiences, attitudes and expectations in these families.

Infants develop attachment to their caregivers very early on. The quality of attachment is considered to be crucial for the emotional development of humans and animals alike. Despite its importance, very little is known about how attachment develops between children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their caregivers. The purpose of the presen...

Parental typology, the way that parents implement their pedagogical goals, has emerged as one of the main factors influencing emotional competence in students. In the case of pupils with Learning Disabilities (LD), who have low self-esteem due to their low academic performance, the importance of their relationship with their parents will likely pla...

The transition from adolescence to adulthood may be a challenging period for all young people, yet, for youth with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) it may present some additional challenges. Developing a more coherent sense of the self, defining one’s values and having a sexual awakening are all important processes for the passage from youth to an...

Abstract: The psychoeducation group consisted of three sets of parents of children with ASD. The intervention lasted for 3 months and ten two-hour sessions were held at the Institute of Systemic Analysis of Behavior. Based on the qualitative analysis of the parents' reports, it appears that through the psychoeducational program the parents acquired...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a peer network individualized intervention toward improving the social skills of three middle school high-functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without intellectual disability (ID). The intervention was based on the Circle Time program (Mosley & Tew, 2013), and it was...

Training of behaviour analysts for autism services, has improved notably within a European higher education context. However, regional discrepancies associated with economic, health care, social services, and institutional policies magnify the importance of creating appropriate unified training and consumer protection. Although the European Associa...

Background Behavior Analytic interventions are interventions based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). They are widely used with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), they are highly effective, and are the most-widely studied types of interventions for children with ASD. Nevertheless, findings are not consistent regarding...

Αγγελική Γενά: Αποκλείοντας τους γονείς, εκπαιδεύοντας τους γονείς, οδεύοντας με τους γονείς: Η επιστημονική Οδύσσεια της συνεργασίας γονέων-ειδικών για το παιδί με ΔΑΦ (σελ. 124-133) Μια ιστορική αποτίμηση της αντιμετώπισης των γονέων με παιδί με ΔΑΦ και της σχέσης τους με τους ειδικούς

The effectiveness of several community-based early intervention programs for young children (2.5–6.5 years old) with autism spectrum disorder in Greece were compared, as they occurred in a community setting over a nine-month period. There were few differences in functioning change between programs, but applied behavior analysis (ABA) was most e...

The great challenges that the treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) present to therapists and to parents, alike, arise not only from the severity of this disability, but also from two other factors: the continuously increasing prevalence of ASD and the serious financial restraints imposed by the recent economic hardships that th...

A chronic illness like schizophrenia seriously disrupts family functioning in various ways that can be addressed through family psychoeducational interventions in routine clinical services, an approach that has not received proper research attention. We pre- and post-tested four sets of parents of individuals with schizophrenia who participated in...

The Experimental Analysis of Behavior provides a broad context that entails both strong theoretical roots as well as a wide spectrum of therapeutic and educational interventions that may be applied to improve the quality of life across all the domains that may be influenced by human action-behavior. Considered the most effective approach to interve...

In the past ten years the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) has reached epidemic proportions. This, in conjunction with limited resources in the field of mental health due to serious world-wide financial constrains, has created the need in the field of autism to identify procedures that help us reach ultimate outcomes with minimal resour...

The present study examined 154 children with mild intellectual disability (MID) attending special schools with regard to their reports of loneliness. Semi-structured interviews revealed that more than half of the students with MID reported feelings of loneliness. They tend to have as friends children from their neighborhood, friends of their siblin...

Introduction Families of individuals with schizophrenia experience disempowerment and helplessness because of unique stressors in their everyday life, mainly derived from the positive and negative symptoms of the illness (Bauml, et al., 2006). Another line of research provides evidence that working with families of people with schizophrenia is effe...

The effectiveness of several community-based early intervention programs for young children (2.5–6.5 years old) with autism spectrum disorder in Greece were compared, as they occurred in a community setting over a nine-month period. There were few differences in functioning change between programs, but applied behavior analysis (ABA) was most effec...

The present article discusses the assessment and treatment of children with autism from a behavior analytic perspective. The aim of the experimental analysis of behavior is to improve behavior, through the manipulation of environmental events, following careful analysis of both manifested and underpinning relations between antecedent stimuli, behav...

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that impedes on all the functions of people diagnosed with this disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). It impairs the social, communicative, and behavioral aspects of their development and leads not only to delays, but also to aberrant behavior that can be particularly stigmatizing and prohibitive...

Το παρόν άρθρο διαπραγματεύεται τη συμπεριφοριοαναλυτική αξιολόγηση και αντιμετώπιση του αυτισμού, ξεκινώντας από μια εκτενή περιγραφή των βασικών χαρακτηριστικών της πειραματικά θεμελιωμένης ανάλυσης της συμπεριφοράς, και ειδικότερα της αξιολόγησης, ενώ ολοκληρώνεται με μια ανασκόπηση της βιβλιογραφίας, που αφορά σε μακρόχρονες έρευνες σχετικά με...

Inclusion in "regular" schools has become a considerable option for children with autism only in recent years, but we are still far from having a global appreciation of the needs that arise upon the inclusion of children with such a severe disability. The main purpose of the present study was to identify empirically supported procedures that may im...

The purpose of this study was to modify the affective behavior of three preschoolers with autism in home settings and in the context of play activities, and to compare the effects of video modeling to the effects of in-vivo modeling in teaching these children contextually appropriate affective responses. A multiple-baseline design across subjects,...

Research findings of Helios II, a task plan for children with disabilities (1993–96) involving the nations of the European Economic Community, indicate that relevant and individualized inclusion plans, designed and used by well-trained specialists, is a key factor to successful inclusive education. The premise of this study was to set individualize...

The purpose of this study was to teach contextually appropriate affective behavior to 4 youths with autism. Treatment consisted of modeling, prompting, and reinforcement introduced in a multiple baseline design across response categories of affective behavior. During treatment, verbal praise and tokens were delivered contingent on appropriate affec...