Theory of Mind Training and Autism Ranking:

Audience

Theory of mind training is designed to help anyone who has difficulties with theory of mind including autistic children and adults.

According to Gevers et al (2006), “Children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) are impaired by early onset difficulties in reciprocal social interaction. It has been proposed that this social impairment is the result of a lack of Theory of Mind (ToM): the ability to attribute mental states (e.g., beliefs, desires, intentions, and emotions) to others and to use these in predicting and explaining the behavior of others). Research has shown that this ability is seriously impaired in autistic children, and moderately impaired in children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). This impairment may limit PDD-NOS children in their understanding of humor and irony, and restrict their ability to take into account the interests and knowledge of a partner in social conversation.”

Updated

17 Jun 2022

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01 Mar 2016

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