Visual Symbol Acquisition by Students with Autism [and] Reflections.

Kozleski, Elizabeth B.

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ERIC Number: EJ441264

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Publication Date: 1991

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Visual Symbol Acquisition by Students with Autism [and] Reflections.

Kozleski, Elizabeth B.

Exceptionality: A Research Journal, v2 n4 p173-94,223-29 1991

This study evaluated ease of learning 5 visual symbol sets (photopictorial, rebus, Blissymbolics, orthography, and Premack-type tokens) with 4 autistic students (ages 7-13). A second article describes the development of instructional procedures for the students, noting the contribution of behavioral, cognitive developmental, and information processing perspectives. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language, Functional Reading, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Acquisition, Pictorial Stimuli, Receptive Language, Symbolic Language, Teaching Methods, Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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