Browsing Faculté des arts et des sciences – École de psychoéducation – Travaux et publications by Author "Dufour, Marie-Michèle"
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Artificial intelligence for the measurement of vocal stereotypy
Dufour, Marie-Michèle; Lanovaz, Marc; Cardinal, Patrick (Wiley, 2020-11-03)Both researchers and practitioners often rely on direct observation to measure and monitor behavior. When these behaviors are too complex or numerous to be measured in vivo, relying on direct observation using human observers increases the amount of ... -
Behavior analytic methods
Lanovaz, Marc; Dufour, Marie-Michèle; Argumedes Charles, Malena (Springer, 2017)Behavior analysts typically conceptualize social skills as behaviors, or series of behaviors, that mediate the responses of others. As such, practitioners may assess and teach social skills using the principles of learning derived from operant ... -
Comparing two methods to promote generalization of receptive identification in children with autism spectrum disorders
Dufour, Marie-Michèle; Lanovaz, Marc (Taylor & Francis, 2017-11-30)Objective: The purpose of our study was to compare the effects of serial and concurrent training on the generalisation of receptive identification in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Methods: We taught one to three pairs of stimulus sets ... -
Comparison of tablet-delivered and instructor-delivered teaching on receptive identification in children with autism spectrum disorders
Tablet vs. instructor teaching
Chebli, Sabine S.; Lanovaz, Marc; Dufour, Marie-Michèle (SAGE, 2018-06)The purpose of our study was to compare the effectiveness of tablet- and instructor-delivered teaching (i.e., prompting and reinforcement) on the receptive identification of one-word concepts in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). To this ... -
Effects of an interactive Web training to support parents in reducing challenging behaviors in children with autism
Turgeon, Stéphanie; Lanovaz, Marc; Dufour, Marie-Michèle (SAGE, 2020-04-04)Many children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) engage in challenging behaviors, which may interfere with their daily functioning, development, and well-being. To address this issue, we conducted a four-week randomized waitlist control trial to examine ... -
Generalization following tablet-based instruction in children with autism spectrum disorders
Chebli, Sabine S.; Lanovaz, Marc; Dufour, Marie-Michèle (Sage, 2017-06)Given that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) often require one-to-one individualized instruction, using tablets as teaching tools may represent an interesting option in classrooms with high student to teacher ratios. The purpose of our ... -
Increasing compliance with wearing a medical device in children with autism
Dufour, Marie-Michèle; Lanovaz, Marc (Wiley, 2019-09-02)Health professionals often recommend the use of medical devices to assess the health, monitor the well-being, or improve the quality of life of their patients. Children with autism may present challenges in these situations as their sensory peculiarities ... -
Les interventions cognitivo-comportementales auprès des enfants et des adolescents ayant un trouble du spectre de l’autisme avec ou sans déficience intellectuelle
Dufour, Marie-Michèle; Préfontaine, Isabelle; Lanovaz, Marc (Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2023-08-14) -
Newspaper coverage of autism treatment in Canada: 10-year trends (2004–2013)
Couverture médiatique des traitements de l’autisme au Canada : tendances sur 10 ans (2004-2013)
Lanovaz, Marc; Dufour, Marie-Michèle; Shah, Shalaka (SAGE Publications, 2015)Objective: To compare trends in coverage of empirically supported and alternative autism treatments in Canadian newspapers during a 10-year period and to examine whether the portrayal of empirically supported and alternative treatments differed. ... -
Salivary cortisol and stereotypy in minimally verbal children with autism : a pilot study
Dufour, Marie-Michèle; Lanovaz, Marc; Plusquellec, Pierrich (Springer, 2022-08-30)Several studies have reported conflicting results when assessing associations between stress and repetitive behaviors in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Some factors that may have caused these discrepant results include the monitoring ... -
Screening for psychological distress in healthcare workers using machine learning : a proof of concept
Geoffrion, Steve; Morse, Catherine; Dufour, Marie-Michèle; Bergeron, Nicolas; Guay, Stéphane; Lanovaz, Marc (Springer, 2023-11-16)The purpose of this study was to train and test preliminary models using two machine learning algorithms to identify healthcare workers at risk of developing anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The study included data from a ... -
Using the dual-criteria methods to supplement visual inspection: An analysis of nonsimulated data
Dual-criteria methods 1
Lanovaz, Marc; Huxley, Sarah C.; Dufour, Marie-Michèle (Wiley, 2017)The purpose of our study was to examine the probability of observing false positives in non-simulated data using the dual-criteria methods. We extracted data from published studies to produce a series of 16,927 datasets and then assessed the proportion ...