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Floresca, Jocelyn Alberto – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2020
Experience with nature is particularly known to influence a person's health and wellbeing. This case study identified behavioral changes in children with learning disabilities who underwent the Nature Walk Program. An intervention tool designed to let the participants experience nature activities. The study's participants have cases of mild autism…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Learning Disabilities, Child Behavior, Intervention
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Buggey, Tom; Crawford, S. Caroline; Rogers, Chelsea L. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Video self-modeling (VSM) uses a method called "feedforward" to provide children the opportunity to view themselves as they perform in a more advanced or appropriate manner than they do presently. Typically, this is accomplished through the careful editing of videos. Studies on VSM and social skills with children on the autism spectrum…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Down Syndrome
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Frolek Clark, Gloria; Niblock, Jayna; Crane Vos, Taylor; Lieberman, Deborah; Hunter, Elizabeth G. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2021
Interventions to enhance cognitive and executive function performance are essential for the child's performance in current and future occupations. Occupational therapy practitioners are critical members of early intervention, education, and healthcare teams. Practitioners are distinctly qualified to address cognitive functioning within the context…
Descriptors: Occupational Therapy, Intervention, Cognitive Development, Infants
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Cano, Ana Rus; Fernández-Manjón, Baltasar; García-Tejedor, Álvaro J. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
Serious Games (SGs), defined as a game in which education (in its various forms) is the primary goal rather than entertainment, have been proven as an effective educational tool for engaging and motivating students. However, more research is needed to sustain the suitability of these games to train users with cognitive impairments. This empirical…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Intellectual Disability, Down Syndrome, Adults
Saad, Mourad Ali Eissa – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study was to find out the effectiveness of phonological awareness intervention programs. Computerized databases, including ERIC, PubMed, ProQuest Education Journals, and SCOPUS, were searched using the following search strategy: ("phonological awareness") AND (impairment OR intervention OR training programme). The…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Intervention, Children, Disabilities
Saad, Mourad Ali Eissa – International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences, 2017
The purpose of this study was to find out the effectiveness of phonological awareness intervention programs. Computerized databases, including ERIC, PubMed, ProQuest Education Journals, and SCOPUS, were searched using the following search strategy: ("phonological awareness") AND (impairment OR intervention OR training programme). The…
Descriptors: Phonological Awareness, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Databases
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Hartzell, Rebecca; Liaupsin, Carl; Gann, Candace; Clem, Sarah – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
This study examined the effectiveness, generalization, and maintenance of a multi-element intervention consisting of brief direct instruction social skill lessons, a prompting procedure, and a fading procedure to promote social engagement in an integrated lunchroom and playground setting for three elementary age students with developmental…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Generalization, Maintenance, Program Effectiveness
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MacDonald, Megan; Esposito, Phil; Hauck, Janet; Jeong, Irully; Hornyak, Joseph; Argento, Angela; Ulrich, Dale A. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2012
Children with Down syndrome (DS) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) frequently have difficulty riding a two-wheel bicycle. The purpose of this study was to investigate an intervention using an adapted bicycle and individualized instruction to teach 71 youth to ride a standard two-wheel bicycle. Youth with DS (n = 30) and ASD (n = 41) between the…
Descriptors: Autism, Down Syndrome, Exercise, Pervasive Developmental Disorders