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Liao, Ching-Yi; Ganz, J. B.; Wattanawongwan, Sanikan; Haas, April N.; Ura, Sarah K.; Vannest, Kimberly J.; Morin, Kristi L. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2022
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have communication deficits that lead to difficulties in expressing their needs and establishing relationships with others. Parent-mediated intervention is a method to improve communication skills of children with ASD. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of parent-mediated multimodal…
Descriptors: Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Communication Problems, Parent Role
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Joseph C. Y. Lau; Emily Landau; Qingcheng Zeng; Ruichun Zhang; Stephanie Crawford; Rob Voigt; Molly Losh – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Many individuals with autism experience challenges using language in social contexts (i.e., pragmatic language). Characterizing and understanding pragmatic variability is important to inform intervention strategies and the etiology of communication challenges in autism; however, current manual coding-based methods are often time and labor…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Models, Pragmatics, Language Variation
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Cappadocia, M. Catherine; Weiss, Jonathan A.; Pepler, Debra – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
Few studies have investigated bullying experiences among children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD); however, preliminary research suggests that children with ASD are at greater risk for being bullied than typically developing peers. The aim of the current study was to build an understanding of bullying experiences among children with…
Descriptors: Intervention, Bullying, Autism, Mental Health
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Thurston, Allen – Education Endowment Foundation, 2016
"Talk of the Town" is a community led approach to supporting the speech, language and communication (SLC) skills of children and young people, aged 0-19, living in areas of social disadvantage. It is delivered by the Communication Trust. This evaluation reports on a randomised controlled trial undertaken with 2696 pupils in 64 primary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Youth, Infants, Children
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Mroz, Maria A. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
This paper considers how pre-service primary teachers in England (trainees) are supported to work with children with special educational needs (SEN) using a personalized learning task. The focus, in particular, considers how speech, language and communication skills are foregrounded in the reports describing children with moderate learning…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Special Needs Students, Disabilities
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Bailey, Rita L.; Angell, Maureen E.; Stoner, Julia B. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
A structured intervention package including direct, scaffolded, instructional lessons was implemented using an error correction learning system and a picture book-based phonological and phonemic awareness activity for four participants with complex communication needs, ranging from 12 to 15 years, in a junior high school setting. Although…
Descriptors: Intervention, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Phonemic Awareness, Literacy