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Evan H. Dart; Keith C. Radley; Kate A. Helbig; Chelsea Salvatore – Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2024
Social communication deficits are one of the defining features of autism spectrum disorder. In schools, social communication deficits are assumed to be due to a skill acquisition issue and remediated through social skills instruction; however, social skills instruction has been fairly criticized, particularly by those in the autistic community, as…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Interpersonal Communication
Peidi Gu; Fang Xu; Lingwei Chen; Zijie Ma; Madian Zhang; Yi Zhang – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Conversational skills, which are essential for effective social interactions and typically pose difficulties for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), include abilities such as initiating topics, engaging in back-and-forth dialog, and responding to conversational cues. Chatbots have been used in mental health fields, and the development…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills
Priscilla Brandi Gomes Godoy; Lorna McWilliams; Leticia Rodrigues da Silveira; Mirian de Cesaro Revers Biasão; Fernanda Speggiorin Pereira Alarcão; Leonardo Seda; Renata Generoso Campoli; Holan Liang; Gauri Divan; Kathy Leadbitter; Jonathan Green; Elizabeth Shephard – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Effective support for autistic individuals is lacking in Brazil. Few centres offer services and those that do are limited in therapeutic options and geographical location. Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy is a low-intensity, evidence-based parent-mediated social-communication intervention that may be useful for this scenario. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Role, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills
Ben-Asher, Eliya; Porter, Blaire M.; Roe, Mary Abbe; Mitchell, Mackenzie E.; Church, Jessica A. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Executive function (EF) and social function are both critical skills that continue to develop through adolescence and are strongly predictive of many important life outcomes. Longstanding empirical and theoretical work has suggested that EF shapes social function. However, there is little empirical work on this topic in adolescence, despite both…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Social Cognition, Interpersonal Relationship, Interpersonal Competence
Brielle Sheridan; Sharon A. Reeve; Nicole A. Pantano; Danielle L. Gureghian; April N. Kisamore – Education and Treatment of Children, 2025
Manding is an important skill for children to learn to access not only preferred items but also information that can be crucial to their success in academic, professional, or social settings. There is a need to continue research to best teach mands for information. The current study examined the effectiveness of using incidental teaching to teach…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Teaching Methods, Adolescents, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Orla Walsh; Conor Linehan; Christian Ryan – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
There is increasing interest in the use of games to scaffold social skills training for autistic children and youth. However, there is no consensus on how to best approach their design, so that learning opportunities are maximised. This article presents a systematic scoping review of empirical studies that use games as social skills training for…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Adolescents, Late Adolescents
Tuna, Ayse – Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, 2022
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder often struggle to establish and keep positive relationships with peers and adults due to experiencing communication and social difficulties. It has been shown that humanoid robots and virtual agents can enable interventionists to maximize engagement during instruction and program for generalization. Having…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Robotics, Skill Development, Interpersonal Relationship
Howorth, Sarah K.; Rooks-Ellis, Deborah L.; Sulinski, Ella; Jones, Brooklin – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2023
Using a single-case multiple baseline (MBL) across behaviors design, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the PEERS® for Young Adults manualized intervention on the acquisition of introductory conversational skills by five adults on the autism spectrum. Five participants attended the PEERS® group in a classroom at a rural…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Young Adults
Heidi M. M. Generaux – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The present study explored strategies teachers use to help people with ASD develop sociosexual skills for empathy expression. Previous research found the curriculum for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) does not always include strategies to teach the socio-sexual skills required for empathy expression. This qualitative descriptive study…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Sex Education, Empathy
Vinícius Silva; Ana Paula Pereira; Filomena Soares; Celina P. Leão; Andrea Jurdi; João Sena Esteves; Juliana Hertzberg – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
Technological tools are being used in support sessions with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), producing a high level of encouragement and engagement in these individuals. A four-step study comprising a focus group session, thinking aloud sessions, an online questionnaire, and a pilot study was conducted. First, a focus group session…
Descriptors: Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, School Personnel, Allied Health Personnel
Amsbary, Jessica; Alzamel, Ashwaq; Lin, Mei-Ling; Savage, Melissa; Reszka, Stephanie; Crais, Elizabeth; Watson, Linda; Boyd, Brain – Young Exceptional Children, 2023
Increasing child engagement and improving social-communication (SC) and play skills for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may provide a foundation for future academic and social development; yet preschool practitioners may not have the resources to successfully identify and target these skills for all children in their classrooms.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Development, Play
Brooke Ingersoll; Sarah N. Douglas; Matthew T. Brodhead; Angela Barber; Louise A. Kaczmarek – Journal of Early Intervention, 2024
Over the past decade, a newer class of interventions has emerged specifically designed for young children with or at high likelihood of autism, which are called Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBIs). NDBIs are particularly well-suited as a discipline agnostic, primary intervention for young children with autism and other…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Competence
Chen, Cai-Yi; Yang, Hsiu-Ching; Liu, Meng-Jung; Chu, Shin Ying; Lin, Ling-Yi – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2023
A social skills training has previously resulted in positive improvements in social skills among children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This pilot study developed a play-based social skills training protocol for first-grade elementary children with ASD in Taiwan and determined its efficacy. Using a single-group…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Play, Skill Development, Grade 1
Bonnie L. Ingelin; Seyma Intepe-Tingir; Nanette C. Hammons – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2023
Teaching children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) academic skills supports their future opportunities. For example, early number sense skills are predictive of future mathematical success for all children including children with ASD. Yet, research on foundational early childhood mathematics skills of children with ASD is limited. This study…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills
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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