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Kaitlyn P. Wilson – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2024
Autistic individuals have significant social-communication challenges that commonly persist into adulthood and impact academic, social, and vocational pursuits. More than two decades of research have established video behavior modeling as a successful, cost-effective, and time-efficient intervention tool for autistic children; however, less…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development
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Gao, Huiwen – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
New challenges in the development of teaching methods lead to a large number of new tools, methods, and approaches to teaching. The structure and functions of a class as a basic social group in education is being radically transformed, becoming more and more virtual especially in COVID-19/post-COVID period. In this regard, this study proposes a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Online Courses, In Person Learning, COVID-19
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Wolfberg, Pamela; DeWitt, Mila; Young, Gregory S.; Nguyen, Thanh – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) face pervasive challenges in symbolic and social play development. The Integrated Play Groups (IPG) model provides intensive guidance for children with ASD to participate with typical peers in mutually engaging experiences in natural settings. This study examined the effects of a 12-week IPG…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Play, Children
Schrandt, Jessica A.; Townsend, Dawn Buffington; Poulson, Claire L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
The purpose of this study was to teach empathetic responding to 4 children with autism. Instructors presented vignettes with dolls and puppets demonstrating various types of affect and used prompt delay, modeling, manual prompts, behavioral rehearsals, and reinforcement to teach participants to perform empathy responses. Increases in empathetic…
Descriptors: Puppetry, Autism, Generalization, Empathy
Sargent, Laurence R. – 1988
A conceptual framework of social competence is presented to formulate actions that will enhance the social competence of learners with mental disabilities. This chapter discusses the individual's culturally determined inputs; the processes of social affects, social skills, and social thinking; and the desired social outcomes. The history of social…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Interpersonal Competence, Maintenance
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Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Chi, Min, Ed.; Feng, Mingyu, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2016) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, in the USA. The conference, held June 29-July 2, 2016, follows the eight previous editions (Madrid 2015, London 2014, Memphis…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evidence Based Practice, Inquiry, Science Instruction
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Wolfberg, Pamela J.; Schuler, Adriana L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1993
A multifaceted model to promote peer play was implemented with play groups including 3 children (ages 6-8) with autism, resulting in decreased isolate play and collateral gains in social play, and decreased stereotyped object play and collateral gains in functional object play. Advances in play behaviors were generalized and were accompanied by…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Generalization