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Melissa A. Jackson; Elizabeth J. Golini – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Lockdown drill practice is part of the "new normal" in schools for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and educational practitioners in K-12 schools across the United States. These drills place a tremendous amount of responsibility on practitioners (i.e., teachers, paraprofessionals) that is beyond the scope of their…
Descriptors: School Safety, Drills (Practice), Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Hatice Ulu Aydin; Ilknur Cifci Tekinarslan; Yesim Gulec Aslan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
The pattern of behaviors and abilities that reflect the core characteristics of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and an environment that lacks the ability to understand individuals with ASD can make these students targets of bullying. Bullying is a serious problem for students with ASD, and practices against it are important in terms…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Bullying, Victims
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Hou, Yujia; Yan, Tingrui; Deng, Meng – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Parental involvement plays a vital role in the transition from kindergarten to primary school among children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs); this study aims to explore Chinese parents' experiences of parental involvement during this period. Informed by interpretive phenomenological analysis, semi-structured, one-on-one…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
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Scott, Jessica A.; Hansen, Sarah Grace – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Although a sizable minority of students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) are also diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), there is little research examining teachers' feelings of aptitude for working with these students, nor the instructional strategies used with this population. This study reports results from a researcher-designed…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Deafness
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Bravo, Alice; Ibañez, Lisa V.; Scott, Sabine; Dick, Catherine; Carpentier, Pascale; Stone, Wendy L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Telehealth is a promising modality for Part C early intervention (EI), services typically implemented face-to-face in home and community settings. Barriers to telehealth in EI reported prior to COVID-19 included lack of training and access to reliable internet. The abrupt telehealth shift at the onset of the pandemic did not permit a phased…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Access to Health Care, Barriers, Early Intervention
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Chen, Jing; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Justice, Laura; Sawyer, Brook – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Interaction with peers is an important contributor to young children's social and cognitive development. Yet, little is known about the nature of social networks within preschool inclusive classrooms. The current study applied a social network analysis to characterize children's peer interactions in inclusive classrooms and their relations with…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Preschool Children, Students with Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
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Engel, Karen S.; Ehri, Linnea C. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Central coherence is the ability to perceive and connect salient information in a context such as a narrative text. Individuals with autism exhibit a detail-focused cognitive style of processing information that overlooks connections and shows weak central coherence. A six-session instructional intervention to foster coherence processing was…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Young Children, Grade 1, Grade 2