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Kathleen N. Zimmerman; Jennifer R. Ledford; Virginia R. Turner – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2024
Fidget toys are recommended as "sensory" tools to improve the attention and performance of elementary students with autism. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how fidget toys affected the visual attention and skill acquisition of elementary students with autism during storybook reading. Provision of fidget toys was compared with a…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Toys, Student Behavior, Attention Span
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Juliene Madureira Ferreira; Kristen Bottema-Beutel – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Through a conversation analytic approach, we investigate the emergence of accounts provided by autistic children in small-group discussions. Nine Finnish children (7-10 years old) attending school with special support participated in a five-month-duration pedagogical practice purposefully designed to enhance children's participation in groups. We…
Descriptors: Special Education, Small Group Instruction, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Foreign Countries
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Simmons, Christina A.; Ardoin, Scott P.; Ayres, Kevin M.; Powell, Lindsey E. – School Psychology, 2022
Despite extensive research examining self-management interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), researchers have failed to evaluate self-management procedures for on-task behavior in the home environment or with parents as interventionists. Using an ABAB design, the present study examined the effectiveness of a…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Self Management, Parent Participation, Child Behavior