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Kouo, Jennifer; Visco, Courtney – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Inferential readings skills are necessary in ensuring that students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are successful in the general education curriculum. These skills provide a foundation for reading comprehension across content areas. Technology-aided instruction and intervention (TAII) has the potential to address these reading deficits, by…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Comprehension, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Travers, Jason C.; Fefer, Sarah A. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Shared active surface (SAS) technology can be described as a supersized tablet computer for multiple simultaneous users. SAS technology has the potential to resolve issues historically associated with learning via single-user computer technology. This study reports findings of a SAS on the social communication and nonsocial speech of two preschool…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills
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Mechling, Linda C.; Ayres, Kevin M.; Foster, Ashley L.; Bryant, Kathryn J. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2015
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of four high school-aged students with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and moderate intellectual disability to generalize performance of skills when using materials different from those presented through video models. An adapted alternating treatments design was used to evaluate student…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, High School Students, Generalization
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Buggey, Tom; Ogle, Lindsey – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Video self-modeling (VSM) has been used to teach social skills to children with autism older than 4 years of age. Attempts to use VSM with younger children with disabilities have produced less than favorable results; however, it is unclear whether VSM could be used to promote social initiations by typically developing children. Thirty minutes of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Interpersonal Communication, Social Development
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Siegel, Ellin B.; Lien, Susan E. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2015
A single-subject, alternating treatment study compared the impact of two types of photograph displays of contrasting contextual complexity. The study examined the impact of high-context and no-context photographs, displayed on an iPad, on the ability of three preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to transition to play activities.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Photography, Visual Stimuli
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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Kraus, Erika; Karpman, Keri; Nizzi, Rosemary; Valentino, Joe – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of video prompting and picture prompting when used as antecedents for teaching daily living skills to two adolescents with autism. Participants were taught two different skills, and the effects of the instructional conditions were compared and evaluated using an adapted alternating-treatments…
Descriptors: Autism, Prompting, Instructional Materials, Daily Living Skills