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Magda Di Renzo
Researcher at University of Perugia
Publications - 21
Citations - 164
Magda Di Renzo is an academic researcher from University of Perugia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Autism spectrum disorder & Autism. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 18 publications receiving 115 citations.
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Parent-Reported Behavioural Changes in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy
Magda Di Renzo,Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco,Elena Vanadia,Massimiliano Petrillo,Simona D’Errico,Lidia Racinaro,Monica Rea +6 more
TL;DR: Despite the undeniable negative impact that lockdown can have on the psychosocial well-being of children, having maintained a continuity in supporting families, parental counselling helped families to redefine the meanings of behavioural changes of their children and to understand their adaptive functionality.
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Assessment of a Long-Term Developmental Relationship-Based Approach in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder:
Magda Di Renzo,Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco,Massimiliano Petrillo,Lidia Racinaro,Monica Rea +4 more
TL;DR: The data support the hypothesis that a relationship-based intervention allows cognitive improvement regardless of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule score, and demonstrate the effectiveness of a treatment that emphasizes the centrality of the relationship- based approach.
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From the Emotional Integration to the Cognitive Construction: The Developmental Approach of Turtle Project in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Magda Di Renzo,Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco,Elena Vanadia,Massimiliano Petrillo,Lidia Racinaro,Monica Rea +5 more
TL;DR: Socio-relational aspects represent the primary element on which work in therapy with autistic children and can be considered as indicators of a positive evolution and prognosis that will produce improvements even in the cognitive area.
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Parental Attunement, Insightfulness, and Acceptance of Child Diagnosis in Parents of Children With Autism: Clinical Implications
Magda Di Renzo,Viviana Guerriero,Giulio Cesare Zavattini,Massimiliano Petrillo,Lidia Racinaro,Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco +5 more
TL;DR: Investigating the associations between parent–child attunement during play, parental insightfulness, and parental acceptance of their child's diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder showed that parents who were more able to accept their child’s diagnosis were more likely to also be attuned during play interactions with their children.
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Sensory Processing and Repetitive Behaviors in Clinical Assessment ofPreschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Magda Di Renzo,Federico Bianchi di Castelbianco,Elena Vanadia,Massimiliano Petrillo,Lidia Racinaro,Monica Rea +5 more
TL;DR: Evidence is found to support that the most frequently dysfunctional sensory areas in ASD children regard tactile hypersensitivity, auditory filtering, hyporeactivity and low energy/weak; while among repetitive behaviors the most common are those stereotyped.