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Direct linkGabrielle T. Lee; Xiaoyi Hu; Ziying Lian; Chongying Wang – Journal of Special Education, 2025
The objective of the current study was to assess how a LEGO intervention, implemented by a grandparent and a parent at home, affected social interactions for four children (two girls, two boys; ages 6-7 years) on the autism spectrum in China. A multiple probe design across four families was used. Grandparents and parents were trained to use…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Yizengaw, Simegn Sendek – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Autism is a neuro-developmental disorder typically appears prior to the age of three years, and seriously limits the normal development of children. However, there is a wide variety of effective intervention programs and strategies designed to help children with autism. Hence, this research aimed to see the effect of social skills training on…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development, Interpersonal Relationship
Wright, Barry; Kingsley, Ellen; Cooper, Cindy; Biggs, Katie; Bursnall, Matthew; Wang, Han-I; Chater, Tim; Coates, Elizabeth; Teare, M. Dawn; McKendrick, Kirsty; Gomez de la Cuesta, Gina; Barr, Amy; Solaiman, Kiera; Packham, Anna; Marshall, David; Varley, Danielle; Nekooi, Roshanak; Parrott, Steve; Ali, Shehzad; Gilbody, Simon; Le Couteur, Ann – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Social learning through friendships is important in child development. Autistic children often initiate and engage in social interactions differently than neurotypical peers. LEGO® based therapy is a group intervention which facilitates social interactions with peers using collaborative LEGO® play. A 1:1 cluster randomised controlled trial with…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Social Isolation
Download full textSuswandari, M.; Siswandari; Sunardi; Gunarhadi – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2020
This research aims to position the social skills of elementary school students as an important aspect in implementing the 2013 curriculum with a scientific approach. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach and applies purposive sampling to select the informants, which comprised 20 students in three different elementary schools (SDN),…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Elementary School Students, Interpersonal Relationship, Foreign Countries
Oladimeji, Oyeyemi Omolayo – Online Submission, 2022
Pupils with Intellectual Disability (PwID) experience difficulties with acquisition of social skills. They find it difficult to initiate and maintain positive social relationships. Previous studies focused on enhancing academic skills of PwID with little emphasis on fostering functional skills. Therefore, this study determined the effects of…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship
Increasing Social Communication of Students with Intellectual Disability in Rural College Classrooms
Douglas, Karen H.; Idol, Whitney A.; Chung, Yun-Ching – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2021
As more students with an intellectual disability are attending postsecondary programs at colleges and universities, these students are presented with new opportunities for socialization (e.g., conversing with peers and faculty across campus environments, joining organizations of interest, and participating in campus events). The generalization of…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities, Interpersonal Communication, College Students
Jessica R. Steinbrenner; Leann DaWalt; Kara A. Hume; Bonnie Kraemer; Samuel L. Odom; Laura J. Hall; Chris Brum; Kate Szidon; Dan Bolt – Journal of Special Education, 2025
Understanding the experiences of autistic high school students, including participation in social and vocational activities, has important implications for high school programming and links to postsecondary outcomes. The primary aims of this study are to describe these experiences and examine relationships with two aspects of educational…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, High School Students, Student Experience
Hemphill, Michael A.; Martinek, Tom – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2020
Cross-aged teaching programs provide leadership experiences to youth who aim to influence children to be responsible, caring, and compassionate. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a leadership development protocol on relationship development in an established cross-aged teaching program. Method: Guided by the…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Program Effectiveness, Leadership Training, Interpersonal Relationship
Tan, Xuan Ru; Yang, Weipeng – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
The Singapore government has laid out a regulation for daily minimum time spent outdoors and the Outdoor Learning Guide (OLG) to support children's outdoor experiences in full-day childcare programmes. However, there is scarce research on young children's outdoor learning experiences from children's and teachers' perspectives. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Child Care Centers, Teacher Attitudes
Rothman, Emily F.; Graham Holmes, Laura; Caplan, Reid; Chiang, Melody; Haberer, Brandy; Gallop, Nick; Kadel, Rabindra; Person, Mariah; Sanchez, Amelia; Quinn, Emily; Wharmby, Peter – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
This study tested the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a six-session online class on healthy relationships for autistic individuals ages 18-44 years old (N = 55). The content of the Healthy Relationships on the Autism Spectrum class was informed by formative research with 25 autistic individuals, and developed collaboratively by two…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Relationship, Online Courses
Shi, Yi; Bangpan, Mukdarut – Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2022
Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) has attracted wide attention with its potential to alleviate poverty and improve youth employment in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, no agreement has been reached on its impact on participants' wellbeing and livelihoods. Most previous reviews were restricted to economic and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Developing Nations, Cultural Capital, Well Being
Camacho-Minuche, Gina; Espinoza-Celi, Verónica; Ulehlova, Eva – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2021
Purpose: The aim was to prove the efficacy of the five cooperative learning elements applied in English classrooms and to demonstrate how effective they were to develop social skills in students. Design/methodology/approach: The qualitative approach allowed to analyse the data in order to determine the benefits of using these elements which help…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, English (Second Language)
Prusnek, Lori Lynn; Griffiths, Tara; Provident, Ingrid – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2019
Students with hearing impairments often have difficulty participating in age-appropriate occupations among peers due to hearing, communication, and social skill deficits. This pilot study aims to determine the effects social skills intervention has on the social participation of the hearing-impaired population using the Comfortable Cafeteria…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
Allison Nichols; Jane Riffe; Cheryl Kaczor; Ami Cook; Gwen Crum; Andrea Hoover; Terrill Peck; Rebecca Smith – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2018
The authors describe an exploratory investigation of a relationship education program based on the Five Love Languages (5 LL) (Chapman, 2007), implemented by Extension educators in seven rural counties. Relationship assessments measured participant changes related to the quality of the primary relationship, belief in the future of the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Intimacy, Beliefs, Empathy
Maich, Kimberly; Hall, Carmen L.; van Rhijn, Tricia Marie; Squires, Kim – Exceptionality Education International, 2018
Two preliminary pilot phases of a peer-mediated social skills program--Stay, Play, and Talk--within inclusive early years settings in Ontario, Canada, investigated changes in observed social interactions and perceived social skills. In Phase 1, a single-subject AB design demonstrated increases in total social interaction units for two of three…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Intervention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
