Download or read book Peer mediated Instruction and Interventions Supporting the Academic Engagement of Secondary Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder written by Michael W. M. Mahoney and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined the use of a peer-mediated instruction and intervention model (PMI) in combination with priming and the use of a visual activity checklist as a way of supporting the academic engagement and social interactions of secondary students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study employed the use of a multiple-baseline across participants design (Kazdin, 2011) to determine the effects of the multicomponent intervention on the academic engagement and social interactions of students with ASD enrolled in 10th grade, general education settings. Results showed positive outcomes for all three 10th grade students' academic engagement and in social interactions for two of the three participants. This study adds to the literature in supporting the academic engagement of students with ASD by incorporating the use of priming and activity schedules within a PMI model. Findings from this study address the call for multicomponent interventions supporting links between academic and social skills in adolescents with ASD.
Download or read book The Use of Peer mediated Interventions for Enhancing Social Communication Behaviors Among Secondary Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Peers written by Julie Ann Horner and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research has suggested that youth with severe developmental disabilities (with and without ASD) benefit both academically and socially from inclusive school environments. The primary service delivery approach used for supporting the social, academic, and extracurricular experiences of adolescent students with significant developmental disabilities is individually assigned, one-to-one paraprofessionals and special educators. While this approach can serve an important auxiliary role in supporting these students' experiences, there is a stark absence of empirical evidence for this approach. Peer-mediated interventions have emerged as a promising alternative to one-to-one adult-delivered support models for improving academic and social outcomes for students with severe developmental disabilities. Research is needed that explores and describes the occurrences of social communication behaviors (SCB) that adolescents with severe disabilities exhibit and how their outcomes are influenced by peer-mediated interventions. The present study used data from a randomized control trial (RCT) to systematically: (1) explore and identify SCB occurrences among high school students with significant developmental disabilities with and without ASD; (2) explore and identify the SCB occurrences among high school typically developing students; (3) compare and contrast the SCB occurrences of both groups in relation to different student variables; and (4) investigate the quality of social interactions between typically developing high school students and high school students with DD before and after the implementation of peer-mediated interventions. Study data used direct observation event recording software and narrative recording. Results indicated statistical and clinical support for the peer support condition as compared to other treatment conditions in promoting various types of SCB among students with severe developmental disabilities, specifically those with ASD. A student's disability severity was found to modulate the occurrences general initiations exhibited by them. Little change was detected in social interaction quality attributes among disability groups between treatment conditions. Findings have positive implications for increasing SCB among students with DD who present with ASD. Findings have implications for assessing SCB and increasing social interactions and engagement among adolescents with severe developmental disabilities, specifically ASD, in general education settings.
Download or read book Supporting Adolescents with Autism in Secondary Schools written by Samuel L. Odom and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2023-01-18 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book discusses the Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism (CSESA), which is designed to support all students with autism in high school, and the breadth of the learning needs for those autistic students is broad. For many of these students, four domains of emphasis are important: Transition and Families, Academics, Peer and Social Competence, and Personal Independence and Behavior. The CSESA program consists of specific component interventions and practices that address each of these domains, which are highlighted in the book chapters"--
Download or read book Why Didn t They Just Say That written by Jennifer M. Schmidt and published by Future Horizons. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Let's create a class instead of the typical social skills programs " With this statement began the development of this innovative evidence-based curriculum for secondary students with ASD and their neurotypical (NT) peers. PEERspective is a complete curriculum that teaches high school students self-awareness, self-acceptance, relationship building, conflict resolution, managing stress and wellness, and many other topics that have lifelong impact on students' lives. The curriculum is popular among students with ASD as well as their NT peers, leading to friendships and relationships far beyond the classroom.
Download or read book Peer Support Strategies for Improving All Students Social Lives and Learning written by Erik W. Carter and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Peer supports really work: They help all students learn, make the most of teacher and paraprofessional time, and foster important social connections among students. This is the concise, practical guide every middle and high school needs to implement peer support strategies - including cooperative learning and peer tutoring - to benefit students with moderate to severe disabilities and their peers." "Filled with photocopiable planning, implementation, and evaluation tools, this must-have guide will help educators and paraprofessionals create schools where all students - with and without disabilities - achieve academic and social success."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Supporting Social Inclusion for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders written by Cathy Little and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing together contributions from experts at the forefront of research in the field, Supporting Social Inclusion for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders demonstrates that social inclusion is a defining feature of successful education of students with a spectrum disorder. Divided into three parts, this book begins by proposing a contemporary and operational definition of social inclusion that will help facilitate active engagement by all stakeholders involved in supporting social inclusion within educational settings. The relationship between well-developed social skills and positive social outcomes is also explored, and subsequent chapters explicate and contextualize social inclusion across a range of educational settings. The final chapters present case studies and viewpoints from stakeholders central to the successful social inclusion of students with the disorder. Through discussion of its findings, this book provides the reader with a deep understanding of social inclusion and confirms its importance in facilitating positive educational outcomes for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. A unique contribution to the field, this book will be of key interest to postgraduates, researchers and academics in the area of inclusive education and Autism Spectrum Disorder. It will also appeal to those who research, study and work in the areas of special and inclusive education, and developmental psychology.
Download or read book Teaching Adolescents with Autism written by Walter Kaweski and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning educator Walter Kaweski offers secondary teachers practical strategies and heartfelt insights based on his extensive experience as an autism specialist, inclusion coordinator, and father of a son with Asperger syndrome. Students with special needs often require extra support as they adjust to middle and high school and the changes that accompany adolescence. Without support, this time can be overwhelming. Teaching Adolescents with Autism offers hundreds of valuable ideas to help teachers: • Understand the causes and manifestations of autism • Solve adolescent behavior challenges • Support students with diverse needs • Implement academic and behavioral interventions • Help students adjust to social situations • Understand special education policy Each chapter offers numerous personal stories that illustrate and reinforce strategies in a tangible way. Important concepts are augmented with bulleted lists, tables, figures, photographs, and cartoons drawn by a student with autism. This unique book takes the mystery out of teaching adolescents with autism and inspires teachers to appreciate the individuality of each student.
Download or read book A Practical Guide for Teachers of Students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder in Secondary Education written by Debra Costley and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has all the essential guidance and tools that anyone working in education will need to help students on the autism spectrum perform to their best potential and stay organised and on track with their school work. The book also covers general obstacles including social situations, anxiety, mental health and the next steps after school.
Download or read book Peer Support and Peer Network Interventions for High School Students with Autism written by Rebecca A. Shalev and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A movement towards inclusive education is well documented in current research and policy. Peer-mediated interventions are an approach that demonstrates great potential for facilitating inclusion and improving the educational experiences of students with autism and other severe disabilities. However, no investigation has examined outcomes for high school students with autism. In the present study, a randomized control trial (RCT) was used to compare the effectiveness of two types of peer-mediated interventions (peer support and peer network) to treatment as usual (TAU; i.e., the paraprofessional model) for 56 students with autism. The moderating effects of participant characteristics (autism severity, social competence, peer interactions, and adaptive behavior) on treatment outcomes were also examined. Dependent variables included peer interactions and academic engagement and were measured using direct observation procedures at baseline and postintervention. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used to analyze the data. Results indicate that peer supports predicted higher rates of task responses (p = .007) and social initiations (p = .021) and peer networks predicted increases in no engagement (p = .048) and decreases in engagement in inconsistent activities (p = .049). Baseline rates of peer interactions (initiations and total interactions) also moderated treatment effects for the peer support intervention. Higher rates of initiations at baseline predicted increases in social initiations (p = .002) and decreases in engagement in consistent activities (p = .004). Similarly, higher rates of total interactions at baseline predicted increases in task responses (p = .039), social initiations (p
Download or read book Teaching Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder written by Dianne Zager and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder supports teachers in preparing secondary students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to succeed in school, work and beyond. Focused on enabling students to successfully pursue further education and meaningful career paths, chapters incorporate person-centered, student-directed planning into instructional programming throughout the text. Featuring helpful vignettes to demonstrate concepts in action, curriculum areas address community living skills, academics, social communication and interaction, and career preparation. Grounded in current research and Universal Design for Learning practices, this guide is an essential resource for educators, therapists, and anyone seeking to create fluid, adaptable programs for students with autism spectrum disorders.
Download or read book Supporting Adolescents with Autism in Secondary Schools written by Samuel L. Odom and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2022-12-12 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a convenient large-size format, this book presents the first research-based, comprehensive program designed to support high school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Developed and tested in public schools by the Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (CSESA), the program addresses four critical areas--literacy, social competence and peer relationships, independence, and postschool transition preparation for students and their families. Chapters provide a roadmap for implementation of each component, complete with intervention guidelines, case vignettes, key findings, lessons learned, and reproducible forms that can be downloaded and printed at the companion website. The book also helps readers navigate the wealth of additional resources freely available from CSESA.
Download or read book Handbook of Research in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders written by Robert Bruce Rutherford and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2007-01-10 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brinig together leading reserachers, this book integrates current knowledge on emotional and behavioral disorders in the school setting. Reviewed are a range of evidence-based approaches to identifying, assessing, and intervening with this difficult-to-teach population. School practitioners and educators gain essential tools for developing and evaluating programs to improve student behvior, boost self-control and social skills, and maximize academic achievement. Findings on early intervention and prevention are presented, and inplications for policy discussed. Broad in coverage, the volume also empasizes the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in service provision and delineates best-practice guidelines for research.
Download or read book Social Skills for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities written by Laurence Sargent and published by Council For Exceptional Children. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An update to Social Skills for School and Community, this timely new edition places a greater focus on teaching social skills in inclusive settings by creating learning opportunities in general education environments. The book contains 50 strategies for individual and small group instruction with follow-up strategies for facilitating maintenance and generalization. The strategies and lessons included in this manual are designed to address the needs of students who fall into the mild and moderate end of the spectrum of students with ASD and other developmental disabilities. The strategies encompassed in teaching students with ASD have wide-ranging value in addressing the social skills needs of students with other disabilities and those who are at-risk. The book contains an accompanying CD containing printable copies of assessment and evaluation checklists, homework forms, comic strips, photographs, and story sequences for teaching and reinforcing social skills. Additional resources include expression pictures and a file related to data collection and progress monitoring.
Download or read book Peer mediated Instruction and Intervention Through Integrated Play Groups Among Preschoolers with Autism written by Sarah Al-Sharif and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers play an essential role in providing appropriate classroom interventions for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It is necessary to discover teachers’ perceptions about these interventions for young children with ASD in order to improve the curricula and standards for working with this population. Peer‐Mediated Instruction and Intervention (PMII) has proven to be a successful evidence-based intervention (EBI) that works to improve the social skills of children with ASD. To date, there is little research that has explored teachers’ perceptions of using PMII. Therefore, this study investigates teachers’ perceptions of the impact of using PMII in Integrated Play Groups (IPG) with particular regard to the social skills development among preschoolers with ASD within general education classrooms. To best capture these perceptions, the study was conducted using a survey research design.
Download or read book Peer Mediated Instruction Intervention written by Sarah Terrell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Efficacy of Peer Networks to Increase Social Connections Among High School Students with and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder written by Julia M. Hochman and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although peer interaction takes on increased salience during adolescence, such social connections remain elusive for many high school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This social isolation can be particularly prevalent within unstructured school contexts.In this study, we examined the effects of a lunchtime peer network intervention on the social engagement and peer interactions of four adolescent students with ASD. Upon introduction of the peer networks, we observed substantial increases in the percentage of intervals containing peer interactions and social engagement across all participants. Further, students with ASD, peer partners, and school personnel all considered the intervention to be acceptable and feasible. We offer recommendations for research and practice aimed at enhancing the efficacy and social validity of peer-mediated interventions at the secondary school level. [This paper was published in "Exceptional Children" (EJ1074986).].
Download or read book Collaborative Model for Promoting Competence and Success for Students with ASD written by Lisa A. Ruble and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-23 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers individual assessment and program planning for students with autism spectrum disorders, based in life experiences, with family and teacher input. A complete guide to successful learning, it includes protocols, scripts, forms and case examples.
