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Clendon, Sally; Paynter, Jessica; Walker, Sue; Bowen, Rachael; Westerveld, Marleen F. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at increased risk of experiencing difficulties with the development of literacy, including the emergent literacy skills recognized to underpin conventional literacy success. Comprehensive assessment is essential. Characteristics of ASD can make assessment challenging, and this can be…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Emergent Literacy, Verbal Communication
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Burger-Caplan, Rebecca; Saulnier, Celine; Jones, Warren; Klin, Ami – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
The Social Attribution Task, Multiple Choice is introduced as a measure of implicit social cognitive ability in children, addressing a key challenge in quantification of social cognitive function in autism spectrum disorder, whereby individuals can often be successful in explicit social scenarios, despite marked social adaptive deficits. The…
Descriptors: Social Development, Cognitive Ability, Children, Autism
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Petrina, Neysa; Carter, Mark; Stephenson, Jennifer – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2015
Parental perceptions of the importance of friendship development in comparison to other outcome priorities are examined in this research. Parents of children with high functioning autism between the age of 5-10?years (N?=?74) were asked to rate and rank the importance of the following six outcome priorities: friendship, social skills, physical and…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Friendship, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Cazzell, Samantha; Browarnik, Brooke; Skinner, Amy; Skinner, Christopher; Cihak, David; Ciancio, Dennis; McCurdy, Merilee; Forbes, Bethany – School Psychology Forum, 2016
A multiple-baseline across-students design was used to evaluate the effects of a computer-based flashcard reading (CFR) intervention, developed using Microsoft PowerPoint software, on students' ability to read health-related words within 3 seconds. The students were three adults with intellectual disabilities enrolled in a postsecondary college…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Postsecondary Education, Intellectual Disability
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Sainato, Diane M.; Morrison, Rebecca S.; Jung, Sunhwa; Axe, Judah; Nixon, Patricia A. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2015
To date, reports of empirically validated comprehensive intervention programs for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been limited to preschool-age children. We examined the effects of a model inclusive kindergarten program for children with ASD. Forty-one children received instruction in an inclusive kindergarten program with their…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Early Intervention, Kindergarten