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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Autistic children -- Education"”.
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A preliminary analysis: children aged birth to two with ASD and the early intervention methodologies of ABA, PECS, and floor-time
<p>The archival data regarding 20 children who received early intervention services from a child development center in southern New Jersey were reviewed. Each child in the study was aged 0 to 2 years, had a disorder of the autistic spectrum, and was provided treatment in the form of ABA, PECS, …
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The Effects of Rate Contingent Consequences and Charting on Response Rates for Two Children with Autism.
… precision teaching package on response rates of children with autism. Prior to both experiments a preference assessment was conducted to identify high preference activities for each participant. Experiment 1 investigated whether response rates would shift as a function of rate-contingent …
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Teaching Children with Autism Three Different Questions
Children with autism often exhibit deficits in question-asking. This study replicated and extended Williams, Donley, and Keller.s (2000) training package: a modeling and reinforcement procedure to teach the use of 3 different questions about hidden objects. Two boys, aged 13 and 12, with primary …
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Effects of Prompting and Fading Procedures to Establish Following the Line of Regard in A Child with Autism
Children with autism show deficits in communication skills, including joint attention, a component of which is following the line of regard. Two experiments were conducted. The first experiment examined how prompting and fading procedures effected following the line of regard in a child with …
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Perspectives of General Education Teachers Who Work with Students with Autism
… study was to understand how general education teachers perceive their experiences working with students in their classrooms who have been diagnosed with autism. The study addressed the following research question: How do secondary school general educators perceive their experiences …
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Educator preparedness for teaching children on the autism spectrum
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The effects of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) to decrease impulsive behaviors and increase self-management skills of children with autism
… is an augmentative communication system used for children with autism and social-communication disorders.</p> <p>Self-management is an intervention extensively documented for its effectiveness to improve behavior. Self-management programs typically involve some combination of two or more of the …
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Perceptions of parents of students with autism towards the IEP meeting.
… of students with autism perceived individualized education program (IEP) meetings. I determined factors that contributed to the belief held by parents that their children were or were not being properly served by IEP meetings. Parental relationships with educators, IEP meeting experiences, IEP …
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Exposing a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to more than one language in the home : is it beneficial?
… language exposure on the language abilities of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The purpose of this study was to compare the language abilities of children with ASD who are exposed to predominantly one language at home to the language abilities of children with ASD who are exposed …
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The Effects of Two Types of Consequence Delivery on Task Acquisition.
… participated in this study. The task for both children was to select a picture after the experimenter said its name. The consequence in one condition consisted of the experimenter handing the edible item to the children. The consequence in the other condition consisted of the children …
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Using video modeling to teach complex play sequences to children with autism.
Overcoming social skill deficits in children with autism is a challenge faced by educators and caregivers. Video modeling is a method of training that can promote generalization. This study extends the literature by investigating effects of video modeling on repetitive motor and vocal responses and …
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Special education due process hearings involving students with autism.
As more children are diagnosed with autism, school districts are forced to reexamine their practices as both substantive and procedural issues arise in special education due process hearings and court cases related to children with autism. The purpose of this study was to analyze and evaluate the …
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Effective professional development for teachers of students with autism
1 PDF file (v, 78 pages)
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Teaching Two Children with Autism to Follow a Computer-Mediated Activity Schedule Utilizing Microsoft® PowerPoint® Presentation Software
Children with autism typically exhibit deficits in behavior and also in visual processing. Development and implementation of visually-cued instructional procedures, combined with electronic technology, have been used successfully to teach children with autism complex behavior chains. This study …
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Shaping: From art to science.
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a procedure for teaching a caregiver to shape vocal language in a young child with autism. A multiple baseline design was employed to assess caregiver use of shaping procedures, child vocal language progress, and the social validity of the procedures. …
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A CASE STUDY USING LITERACY ASSESSMENT PORTFOLIOS WITH STUDENTS IDENTIFIED WITH DISABILITIES
… (LAPs) within a cross-categorical special education classroom to investigate whether or not using LAPs would provide distinct information about the literacy development of two students identified with specific learning disabilities and one student identified with autism. It also …