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Whittenburg, Holly N.; Xu, Yaoying; Thoma, Colleen A.; Schall, Carol; Ham, Whitney – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2023
This study investigated the effects of behavioral skills training (BST) with video modeling and in situ training on workplace conversational skills of four transition-age students with autism enrolled in a U.S. community-based internship program. Intervention sessions began with BST, which included direct instruction, video modeling,…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology)
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Kuiken, Folkert; Vedder, Ineke – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
Academic language proficiency, particularly academic writing, appears to be significantly related to academic achievement. The aim of the present study is to explore the relationship between written language proficiency and academic achievement, and to investigate the effects of a remedial academic writing programme. Academic writing was assessed…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Academic Achievement, Writing Skills, Skill Development
Courtney, Mark E.; Okpych, Nathanael J. – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2017
Support for the extended care provisions of the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 was, to a large extent, based on the belief that allowing youth in foster care to remain in care past their 18th birthday would improve their outcomes as adults. Research following foster youth into adulthood has shown that…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Age Differences, Late Adolescents, Young Adults
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Garcia-Villamisar, D. A.; Dattilo, J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: Even though there is research demonstrating a positive relationship between leisure participation and the two constructs of quality of life and stress reduction, current conceptualisation of leisure as a contributor to quality of life is limited. In addition, in spite of improvements in accurate diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder…
Descriptors: Autism, Quality of Life, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction