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Embracing the Potential of Play for Children on the Autism Spectrum: Facilitating the Earliest Stages of Developmental Integration
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Gerber, Sima – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
In this article, the breadth and depth of play as an integrating process for children with developmental challenges are explored. The fact that play is a source of developmental growth suggests that its role in intervention with children with language and communication disorders cannot be overstated. Several contemporary play-based intervention…
Descriptors: Play, Children, Intervention, Autism
Memory and the Self in Autism: A Review and Theoretical Framework
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Lind, Sophie E. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
This article reviews research on (a) autobiographical episodic and semantic memory, (b) the self-reference effect, (c) memory for the actions of self versus other (the self-enactment effect), and (d) non-autobiographical episodic memory in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and provides a theoretical framework to account for the bidirectional…
Descriptors: Semantics, Autism, Memory, Psychology
TEACCH Model and Children with Autism
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Blubaugh, Nicole; Kohlmann, Joanne – Teaching Elementary Physical Education, 2006
Children with autism learn in ways that are unique to their peers without autism. While children with autism may have difficulty with comprehending and using language, exhibiting social skills, attending to instruction, and staying on task, they also have strengths that teachers should take advantage of. Treatment and Education of Autistic and…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Autism, Teaching Methods, Models
Interactive to Independent Literacy: A Model for Designing Literacy Goals for Children with Atypical Communication
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Kaderavek, Joan; Rabidoux, Paula – Reading and Writing Quarterly, 2004
Few models appropriately or adequately describe the literacy development experiences of children with atypical communication development, such as those with language impairment or severe disabilities. In this paper, the Interactive-to-Independent Model of literacy development is presented, influenced primarily by Vygotsky's seminal theories of…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Speech Language Pathology, Mental Retardation, Literacy
A Developmental Perspective on Language Assessment and Intervention for Children on the Autistic Spectrum.
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Gerber, Sima – Topics in Language Disorders, 2003
This article presents a developmental perspective on language acquisition that can serve as a framework for understanding and treating the language and communication challenges faced by children with autism. Profiles of five children (ages 3-7) with autism spectrum disorders are discussed to illustrate the application of a Developmental…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Development, Communication Disorders, Developmental Psychology
Mothers of Children with Autism or Communication Disorders: Successful Adaptation and the Double ABCX Model.
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Bristol, Marie M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1987
The study demonstrated the effectiveness of a modified Double ABCX or FAAR (Family Adjustment and Adaptation Response) model in predicting successful adaptation (good marital adjustment, few maternal depressive symptoms, and an in-home rating of family functioning) in 45 families of autistic and communication impaired children (ages 2-10).…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Communication Disorders, Depression (Psychology)