Reading with comprehension is a challenge for students with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. Unfortunately, research has little to offer to teachers trying to help these students. The present study pilots a new intervention targeting vocabulary, main idea identification, anaphoric relations, and text structure. Students (N = 13, M…

This study of 48 children with congenital blindness who attended mainstream schools focused on the tactile and haptic skills they needed in typical academic and everyday tasks. The results showed that, in general, the children mastered such tactile tasks, but some items posed special problems. (Contains 4 tables.)

The diagnostic-prescriptive observation checklist is designed to allow the regular classroom teacher to diagnose and prescribe for each child's learning abilities or disabilities in the sensory-motor, perceptual, or language areas. Five to ten observable characteristics and five to eight suggested teaching strategies are listed for each of the…