Title: Annotated Bibliography: Interventions for Communicating and Relation Challenges among People with Autism

Contents

1. Provides an academic background of each researcher and then analyzes the peer-reviewed article to offer appropriate interventions.

The articles are indicated below:

Barnes-Matthews, C. (2012). Life as an infant: Shedding light on Erikson, Vygotsky and Piaget. Xavier University of Louisiana’s Undergraduate Research Journal, 10(1), 40-44. Retrieved from http://xulanexus.xula.edu/textpattern/index.php?s=file_download&id=78

DiSalvo, C.A. & Oswald, D.P. (2002). Peer-Mediated interventions to increase the social interaction of children with autism: Consideration of peer expectancies. Focus On Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 17(4), 198–207. Retrieved from http://uscm.med.sc.edu/autism_project/disalvo_article_mod_4.pdf

Houghton, K., Schuchard, J., Lewis, C., & Thompson, C. K. (2013). Promoting child- initiated social-communication in children with autism: Son-Rise Program intervention effects. Journal of Communication Disorders, 10(1016), 1-12. Retrieved from http://comm.soc.northwestern.edu/aphasia/files/2012/11/Houghton-Schuchard-Lewis-Thompson_J-of-Comm-Disorders_2013.pdf

Paul, R. (2008). Interventions to improve communication in autism. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 17(2008), 835–856. Retrieved from http://www.yale.edu/eglab/pdf/PaulReprint.pdf

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