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Aim is to compare the development of children placed in foster care without receiving treatment (regular foster care) and children placed in foster care and receiving treatment (therapeutic foster care).Research outcomes determine the effect of…
The study has three main objectives:a) to investigate whether autistics can achieve normalized levels of language processing when receiving explicit attentional instructions. b) to study if (and if yes, how) an instructed attentional change towards…
The primary objective of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the serious game called HealSeeker for improving time management, planning and organisation and social behaviour skills of children with ADHD. The secondary objective of this…
The present study has the following objectives:1) Investigating the clinical utility of screening instruments. As a part of this objective, we will examine how several demographics (e.g. ethnicity) affect the assessment of autistic and other…
Primary objectives: 1) Study EF in general and WM capacity specifically in intelligent adolescents with HFA on a neuronal and cognitive level, as well for abstract information as for social relevant information, using neuropsychological assessments…
Cognitive testing in a structured and standardized way at a defined group of patients with cognitive dysfunction, with a shared molecular etiology .The intended objectives are:- Detailed human neurocognitive profile defining for each genetic defect…
The objective of this study is threefold. The first objective of the study is to determine the course of pervasive developmental disorders (more specific PDD-NOS) and thought problems (more specific MCDD). Secondly, possible processes underlying…
The primary objective of this study is to examine whether people with autism have an atypical sensitivity to specific visual information, and if this can explain differences between them and healthy controls in looking at faces.
This study focuses on collecting data on knowledge, attitudes, skills, experiences and needs related to sexuality and relational functioning in high-functioning Dutch boys with autism between 15 and 18 years old (up to and including 17). Data are…
This study aims to study the following questions:1. Which differences in parent-child interaction can be identified between diagnostic groups of toddlers with clinical diagnoses?2. Which differences in parent-child interaction can be identified…
The present study primarily focuses on differences between children with behavioral disorders and children with autism spectrum disorders and normal controls. Different aspects of empathy will be assessed: neurobiological, psychological, behavioral…
The main question in the study isHow do moderately preterm infants and their parents differ from term, as well as extreme preterm infants in (a) development and self regulation skills of the infants, (b) interaction patterns and relationship between…
Objective of the study: The main objective of this study is to investigate the influence of different genetic mechanisms (risk genes, CNVs and gene expression profiles) in ASD and to study the relation between the genetic heterogeneity and specific…
The main goal of the study is to compare the effectiveness of PCIT with the regular Solution-focused Creative Family Therapy.
This hypothesis will be challenged in five objectives:1. To check the factorial validity of two cognitive styles - weak central coherence; poor cognitive shifting - in patients with MR and ASS.2. To assess the specificity of the association between…
The objective of the study is to improve the trained as wel as other executieve functions. Also the aim of this study is that these functions will improve in everyday life and generalize to other domains, resulting in improvement in behavior,…
This study aims to investigate neurodevelopment in primary school children surviving biliary atresia when compared to a healthy reference group. Second aim is to identify prognostic factors associated with a worse outcome in these children.
The overall aim of this prospective study is identifying early markers for Autistic Spectrum Disorders by following the developmental track of visual perception in normal and abnormal development, eventually leading to a basis for effective…
The primary objective of this study is to investigate defeasible inference in ASD in order to obtain more insight into the reasoning capacities of ASD patients. This study is part of the NWO-project Reasoning and the brain.
The effectiveness of Video feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting for Autism (VIPP-AUTI) will be investigated on the sensitivity for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in parents of a child recently diagnosed with ASD, based on the the…