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Professional Development for Enhancing Autism Spectrum Disorder Awareness in Preschool Professionals
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Petersson Bloom, Linda – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
The current study describes the design, implementation, and analysis of a professional development programme using a Lesson Study model to enhance awareness in preschool professionals regarding inclusive education for children with autism spectrum disorder. The mixed method approach included pre- and post-intervention questionnaires,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Employing Evidence-Based Practices for Children with Autism in Elementary Schools
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Sam, Ann M.; Odom, Samuel L.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Perkins, Yolanda; Cox, Ann W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a comprehensive program model originally developed by the National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder (NPDC). Sixty elementary schools with 486 participants were randomly assigned to an NPDC and services as usual condition (SAU). Significantly greater changes in program…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Evidence Based Practice
Brief Report: Preliminary Finding for Using Weight-of-Evidence Graphical Information Sheets with Teachers to Correct Misinformation about Autism Practices
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Paynter, Jessica; Sulek, Rhylee; Trembath, David; Keen, Deb – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
The use of both empirically supported and unsupported practices by teachers is common with autistic students. In this study, strategies were used to reduce use of unsupported practices. First, specially-designed information sheets were shared with teachers about the evidence-base of two practices used in schools: one unsupported (sensory…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Teaching Methods
Autism and the University Experience: Narratives from Students with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
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Bolourian, Yasamine; Zeedyk, Sasha M.; Blacher, Jan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Relatively limited research has been devoted to understanding the postsecondary experience from the students' perspectives. In the current study, individual interviews were conducted with university students with autism spectrum disorder (n = 13) and students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (n = 18) to investigate likely factors…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Higher Education, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Assessing Quality of Program Environments for Children and Youth with Autism: Autism Program Environment Rating Scale (APERS)
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Odom, Samuel L.; Cox, Ann; Sideris, John; Hume, Kara A.; Hedges, Susan; Kucharczyk, Suzanne; Shaw, Evelyn; Boyd, Brian A.; Reszka, Stephanie; Neitzel, Jennifer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the "Autism Program Environment Rating Scale" ("APERS"), an instrument designed to assess quality of program environments for students with autism spectrum disorder. Data sets from two samples of public school programs that provided services to children and…
Descriptors: Autism, Psychometrics, Factor Analysis, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Efficacy of the ASAP Intervention for Preschoolers with ASD: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
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Boyd, Brian A.; Watson, Linda R.; Reszka, Stephanie S.; Sideris, John; Alessandri, Michael; Baranek, Grace T.; Crais, Elizabeth R.; Donaldson, Amy; Gutierrez, Anibal; Johnson, LeAnne; Belardi, Katie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The advancing social-communication and play (ASAP) intervention was designed as a classroom-based intervention, in which the educational teams serving preschool-aged children with autism spectrum disorder are trained to implement the intervention in order to improve these children's social-communication and play skills. In this 4-year, multi-site…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Play, Intervention, Autism