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appears
appears to
to be
be most
most successful
successful in
in improving
improving appropriate
appropriate behaviours.
behaviours. Applying
Applying mindful
mindful
parenting
parenting (Singh,
(Singh, N.
N. et
et al,
al, 2006)
2006) to
to autistic
autistic children
children over
over a a period
period of
of 64
64 weeks
weeks improved
improved
participants
participants behaviours
behaviours significantly
significantly for
for example
example one
one participant’s
participant’s aggressive
aggressive behaviours
behaviours
decreased
decreased by
by 88%
88% as
as apposed
apposed to
to social
social stories
stories intervention’s
intervention’s decreasing
decreasing aggressive
aggressive
behaviours
behaviours by
by 56%
56% and
and 35%
35% respectively
respectively (Swaggart
(Swaggart et
et al.
al. (1995),
(1995), cited
cited by
by Sansosti
Sansosti et
et al
al
(2004)).
(2004)). During
During both
both these
these studies
studies a a small
small sample
sample size
size was
was used
used therefore
therefore it
it is
is difficult
difficult to
to
accurately
accurately claim
claim that
that mindful
mindful parenting
parenting is
is more
more successful
successful at
at reducing
reducing aggressive
aggressive behaviour
behaviour
than
than social
social stories.
stories. Finally
Finally the
the using
using thought-bubble
thought-bubble training
training appeared
appeared to
to be
be the
the worst
worst for
for
improving
improving autistic
autistic children’s
children’s Theory
Theory of
of Mind.
Mind. Using
Using a a Theory
Theory of
of Mind
Mind scale
scale out
out of
of 5,
5, Paynter
Paynter
J.
J. and
and Peterson
Peterson C.C.
C.C. (2012)
(2012) found
found that
that autistic
autistic children
children only
only improved
improved from
from 2.71
2.71 to
to 3.33
3.33 at
at a a
follow
follow up
up test.
test. However
However they
they additionally
additionally studied
studied autistic
autistic children
children also
also involved
involved in
in other
other
interventions
interventions who
who managed
managed to
to increase
increase from
from 2.00
2.00 to
to 4.11
4.11 in
in a a post-test
post-test evaluation.
evaluation. This
This is
is a a
prime
prime example
example of
of where
where synthesising
synthesising training
training methods
methods is
is the
the best
best option,
option, as
as in
in this
this case
case other
other
interventions
interventions are
are evidently
evidently complimentary
complimentary to
to the
the thought-bubble
thought-bubble method.
method.
Overall
Overall it
it appears
appears that
that all
all the
the interventions
interventions I I have
have looked
looked at
at would
would benefit
benefit from
from synthesising
synthesising
with
with other
other training
training methods.
methods. For
For example
example autistic
autistic children
children involved
involved with
with the
the transporters,
transporters,
which
which only
only focuses
focuses on
on the
the ability
ability to
to recognise
recognise and
and apply
apply emotions,
emotions, would
would benefit
benefit from
from social
social
stories
stories training
training which
which targets
targets decreasing
decreasing negative
negative behaviours.
behaviours. This
This synthesising
synthesising approach
approach
would
would improve
improve a a vaster
vaster range
range of
of areas
areas of
of the
the Theory
Theory of
of Mind,
Mind, to
to a a greater
greater extent
extent than
than one
one
training
training method
method is
is able
able to
to achieve.
achieve.
A
A developed
developed Theory
Theory of
of Mind
Mind improving
improving real
real life
life situations
situations
I I am
am now
now going
going to
to be
be looking
looking at
at how
how the
the empirical
empirical evidence
evidence of
of the
the effectiveness
effectiveness of
of the
the
three
three different
different interventions,
interventions, social
social stories,
stories, thought-bubble
thought-bubble training
training and
and mind
mind reading
reading
DVDs
DVDs such
such as
as the
the transporters,
transporters, can
can translate
translate into
into real
real life
life situations.
situations. This
This will
will
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