Educating children with Asperger s Syndrome

Lalonde and Chandler (1995) examined the relationship between social behaviour as determined by teacher ratings on a questionnaire and performance on theory of mind tasks related to the understanding of false belief. Their subjects were normal pre-schoolers. The study reported here used the methodology of Lalonde and Chandler (1995) to investigate the relationship between social behaviour and understanding of false belief in six school-aged boys with Asperger's Syndrome. No clear outcome on the relationship was obtained although greater understanding was seen to relate to age.

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Teresina Palmieri has been a special education practitioner in the state of Victoria, Australia. She undertook postgraduate studies at the University of Melbourne. Her Master of Education, conferred in 2001, used the methodology of Lalonde and Chandler (1995) to investigate the relationship between social behaviour & understanding of false belief.