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    Study Protocol: Pegasus: psychotherapy incorporating horses for ‘therapy-resistant’ adolescents with autism spectrum disorders, a study with series of randomised, baseline controlled n-of-1 trials

    For people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), daily life can be highly stressful with many unpredictable events that can evoke emotion dysregulation (ED): a strong difficulty with appropriately negative affe...

    Jenny C. den Boer, Helen Klip, Anita Blonk, Monique Lenselink in BMC Psychiatry (2024)

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    Pivotal Response Treatment with and without robot-assistance for children with autism: a randomized controlled trial

    Pivotal response treatment (PRT) is a promising intervention focused on improving social communication skills in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Since robots potentially appeal to children with A...

    Iris van den Berk-Smeekens, Manon W. P. de Korte in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2022)

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    Adherence and acceptability of a robot-assisted Pivotal Response Treatment protocol for children with autism spectrum disorder

    The aim of this study is to present a robot-assisted therapy protocol for children with ASD based on the current state-of-the-art in both ASD intervention research and robotics research, and critically evaluat...

    Iris van den Berk-Smeekens, Martine van Dongen-Boomsma in Scientific Reports (2020)