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Chiang, Hsu-Min; Lin, Yueh-Hsien – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2007
The authors reviewed studies on teaching reading comprehension to students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) with a focus on text (academic reading) comprehension and sight word (functional) comprehension. Eleven of 754 studies met the inclusion criteria: participants with ASD, published in English in a peer-reviewed journal, and use of an…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Literature Reviews, Comparative Analysis, Sight Vocabulary
Farmer, Jacqueline A.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
A progressive time delay procedure used in a small group instructional arrangement was successful in teaching four high school students with severe handicaps to read community-referenced words. Two of the students learned additional words by observing their peers. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Functional Reading, High Schools, Observational Learning
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Kozleski, Elizabeth B. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1991
This study evaluated ease of learning 5 visual symbol sets (photopictorial, rebus, Blissymbolics, orthography, and Premack-type tokens) with 4 autistic students (ages 7-13). A second article describes the development of instructional procedures for the students, noting the contribution of behavioral, cognitive developmental, and information…
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language