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Comparison of Schematic and Taxonomic Speech-Generating Devices for Children with ASD
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Gevarter, Cindy; O'Reilly, Mark F.; Sammarco, Nicolette; Watkins, Laci; Kuhn, Michelle; Sigafoos, Jeff – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2018
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of different speech-generating device displays and vocabulary organizations on the acquisition of multi-step requesting responses in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Four young children with ASD were taught to use an iPad® application to make requests using both a taxonomically…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Handheld Devices
Online Module plus eCoaching: The Effects on Special Education Teachers' Comprehension Instruction for Students with Significant Intellectual Disability
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Cheek, Aftynne E.; Jimenez, Bree A.; Rock, Marcia L. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Successful text comprehension is a complex task, requiring a variety of cognitive skills and processes that support students in making inferences, integrating information across sentences in text, monitoring understanding, and gaining knowledge about text structure. For students with significant intellectual disability (SID), text comprehension is…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Severe Intellectual Disability, Educational Technology