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Candida C. Peterson; Virginia Slaughter – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2025
Moral reasoning and theory of mind (ToM) are two distinct but related aspects of social cognition. While past research has clearly documented serious delays in ToM development for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) both cross-sectionally (e.g. Happe, 1995) and longitudinally (Peterson & Wellman, 2020) much less is known about the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Elementary School Students, Special Needs Students
Matthew E. Brock; Kara N. Shawbitz; Eric J. Anderson; Caitlin J. Criss; Xiaoning Sun; Abdulaziz Alasmari – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Recess represents a rich opportunity for social development, but students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) often do not fully realize these benefits. In this systematic review, we review 37 experimental studies in which students with IDD received interventions designed to improve social outcomes at recess. Overall, these…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities
Danniels, Erica; Pyle, Angela – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2023
As school authorities strive toward inclusive models of education for children with neurodevelopmental delay and disability (NDD), many kindergarten curricula have mandated pedagogy centered on learning through play. Children with NDD tend to experience greater social isolation and lower rates of social play engagement compared to typically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Play, Teaching Methods
Ilias Vasileiadis; Ioanna Dimitriadou; Spyros Koutras; Georgios Vleioras – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2024
Students with General Learning Difficulties present low levels of social competence. In order to increase them, students participate in school psychological support programmes. There are no research data available in Greece regarding social competence in students with General Learning Difficulties in the first grades of elementary school. The…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Students with Disabilities, Grade 1
Lilan Liu; Jianghua Lei; Chen Wang – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2025
Intervention using social stories is a widely used strategy for children with autism spectrum disorder. However, empirical studies on the efficacy of social stories in improving social interaction have yielded mixed results, and such research in China is scarce. This study examined the effectiveness of social stories for increasing social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Elementary School Students, Special Education
Kate A. Helbig; Stefanie R. Schrieber; Keith C. Radley; James R. Derieux – Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2024
Social deficits are often a core area of development for students in special education, thus schools are charged with providing social skills interventions. Although many strategies are available, few schools successfully employ evidence-based interventions for students with autism and related disabilities. A way to address these concerns while…
Descriptors: Social Development, Interpersonal Competence, Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities
Khusheim, Salwa M. – Journal of Education and Learning, 2022
Social integration of special need students is viewed as a necessary phenomenon for the skills' development which adds quality to their lives and provides them with satisfaction. This study explores the perception and attitude of the teachers towards social integration as a general school policy. A total of 150 individuals were selected from the…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Social Development, Teacher Attitudes
Robin L. Hopkins – Maryland State Department of Education, 2024
In Maryland, one way children's well-being is measured is by looking at the data from the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA). While the data can illustrate how children perform on various indicators across language and literacy, mathematics, social foundations, and physical well-being and motor development, it is really a reflection of the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Young Children, Literacy
Bailey, Brooke; Zyga, Olena; Meeker, Heather; Kirk, Jodi; Russ, Sandra W. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Students qualifying for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act may experience challenges meeting the socioemotional demands of the school environment, creating a need for targeted interventions that can be delivered within school settings. The current study used a mixed-methods approach to examine the efficacy of a 4-week…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intervention, Music, Theater Arts
Eva Marie McCleary – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The increase in diagnoses of autism for elementary aged students paired with schools increasingly moving towards inclusive classroom models creates a challenge for general education teachers. This quantitative quasi-experimental study was designed to investigate the efficacy of an after school, explicit social skills intervention, and the impact…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
Robin L. Hopkins – Maryland State Department of Education, 2023
In Maryland, one way children's well-being is measured is by looking at the data from the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA). While the data can illustrate how children perform on various indicators across language and literacy, mathematics, social foundations, and physical well-being and motor development, it is really a reflection of the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Young Children, Literacy
Loukeris, Stefanos; Soulis, Spyridon-Georgios – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Student retention in kindergarten is a common practice, so that students will obtain the necessary school preparation for elementary school. However, this practice is also used for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), without sufficient research data on the impacts of retention on this group of students. The current study examines the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Kindergarten, Grade Repetition
Kart, Ayse; Kart, Mehmet – Education Sciences, 2021
In many countries, educational practices are changing to inclusive education. Inclusive education is educating students with disabilities in general education classrooms with their peers without disabilities. If inclusive education is spreading, research needs to investigate the effects of inclusion not only for students with special needs but…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Academic Achievement
Shelley R. Hart; Celene Domitrovich; Dennis D. Embry; Kimberly Becker; April Lawson; Nicholas Ialongo – Remedial and Special Education, 2021
A group, randomized, comparative effectiveness trial of two elementary universal preventive interventions (PAX Good Behavior Game [PAX GBG] and the integration of PAX GBG with Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies [PATHS to PAX]) was carried out in general education classrooms in 27 urban elementary schools. Ialongo et al. report on results of…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Students with Disabilities
Boyes, Mark E.; Leitão, Suze; Claessen, Mary; Dzidic, Peta; Badcock, Nicholas A.; Nayton, Mandy – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Children with dyslexia are at elevated risk of internalizing (emotional) and externalizing (behavioural) problems. Clever Kids is a nine-week socioemotional well-being programme developed specifically for upper primary school children with dyslexia. In a small randomized-controlled trial, we tested the feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Social Development, Emotional Development, Well Being