Related Articles from Autism News Singapore
In 1992 Vera Bernard-Opitz, Ph.D. (Clin. Psych.) founded the Autism News Singapore, which became a successful communication tool and resource for families and professionals. Upon moving to southern California, she introduced the newsletter to the Interagency Autism Group (IAG) Orange County. With the support of colleagues and agencies involved in the IAG, she helped develop the Autism News Orange County & the Rest of the World.
For many years Vera Bernard-Opitz was Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work and Psychology, as well as Head of the Autism Research Centre and the Behavioral Intervention Centre for Children (BICC), at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She is the founder of the Structured Teaching for Exceptional Pupils (STEP) program, Singapore, a center with about 100 autistic children, which she coordinated for 10 years.
Selected articles from old issues of the Autism News Singapore have been archived here, such as reports from the STEP program, summaries of applied research conducted at the BICC, public talks and parent contributions. These articles are in PDF format. For further information, please contact the Editor (vbernard@ocde.us).
Articles from Behavioral Intervention Centre for Children (BICC, Singpaore):
- PDF: January 2001, "Teaching Social Understanding"
- PDF: May 2000, "Comparison of Eye Contact Training Methods"
- PDF: May 2000, "Teaching Social Problem-Solving Skills Through Computer-Assisted Instruction"
- PDF: December 1998, "Home-Based Behavioral Intervention Programmes for Children with Autism"
- PDF: June 1997, "Behavioural Intervention for Siblings of Children with Autism"
- PDF: September 1996, "Teaching Questioning Skills in Autistic Children"
- PDF: December 1993, "Effects of Parent Training Programs on the Pragmatic Behaviours of Children with Autism"
Talks and Presentations:
- PDF: October 2002, "Helping Children with ASD Cope and Manage Transitions in Mainstream Schools"
- PDF: May 2000, "Integrated Play Groups at the BICC"
- PDF: May 2000, "Precision Teaching for Children with Autism"
- PDF: August 1999, "Developing Emotional Intelligence in Your Child"
- PDF: August 1994, "Language Songs for Children with Autism and/or Developmental Delay"
- PDF: June 1993, "The STEP Program"
Parent Articles:
- PDF: October 2002, "Surviving Mainstream School"
- PDF: October 2002, "Working Hard in Secondary School"
- PDF: August 1998, "An Attempt to Enhance Expressive Communication"
- PDF: August 1998, "Learning with Jacob"
- PDF: September 1994, "Child of the Universe"
Published Research (BICC, Singapore):
- Bernard-Opitz, V., Siow Ing and Tan, Y.K.(2004) Comparison of home-based behavioural and natural play interventions. In print in Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 8 (3)
- Kok, A., Bernard-Opitz, V. and Tan, Y.K. A (2002) Comparison of the effects of structured and facilitated play on preschool children with autism, Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice. 6(1): 181-196.
- Bernard-Opitz, V, Kwok, K.W. and Sapuan-Nakhoda, S. (2001) Epidemiology of autism in Singapore, International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. 24 : 1-6.
- Bernard-Opitz, V. Sapuan-Nakhoda, S. and Sriram, N. (2001) Enhancing social problem solving in children with autism and normal children through computer-assisted instruction. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 31(4) :377-384.
- Chin HY and Bernard-Opitz V. (2000) Teaching conversational skills to children with autism : effect on the development of a theory of mind. J. Autism Dev Disord. Dec 30(6) : 569-83.
- Bernard-Opitz V, Chen A, Kok AJ and Sriram N. (2000) Analysis of pragmatic aspects of communication behavior of verbal and nonverbal autistic children. Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr. Feb; 49(2) : 97-108.
- Bernard-Opitz, V., Sriram, N. and Sapuan, S (1999) Enhancing vocal imitations in children with autism using the IBM SpeechViewer. Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice. 3(2): 131-149.
