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Malloy, Caitlin; Cuda, Josephine; Kim, So Yoon; Bottema-Beutel, Kristen – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
We explored third- to fifth-grade children's friendship concepts in 20 autistic and 21 nonautistic students matched for mental age. Transcripts of semi-structured interviews were coded for definitions of friendship, friendship expectations, and friendship transgressions (i. e., violations of friendship expectations), and subjected to quantitative…
Descriptors: Friendship, Autism, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
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Mavropoulou, Sophia; Sideridis, Georgios D. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
This study aimed to measure the effects of contact with integrated students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) on the knowledge, attitudes and empathy of children (n = 224) from grades 4-6. A comparison group of children (n = 251) who had no contact with classmates with ASD was also included. All participants completed self-report instruments.…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Knowledge Level, Attitude Measures
Bae, Young Seh – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Mathematical Word Problem Solving of Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and Students with Typical Development Young Seh Bae This study investigated mathematical word problem solving and the factors associated with the solution paths adopted by two groups of participants (N=40), students with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and typically…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Problem Solving, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Fisher, Kimberly Geneva – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which general education teachers in elementary schools believe they are prepared to teach children/students with specific special education exceptionalities in the general education classroom. The study addresses the exceptionalities of: autism, speech/language disorder, specific learning…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Mainstreaming
Weissinger, Kristen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study investigated some of the underlying factors that may relate to and predict the reading comprehension of children in fourth through eighth grade (N = 47). A subset of these children previously had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD; n = 10); the remainder are classified as typically-developing (n = 37). The participants…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Frankel, Fred; Myatt, Robert; Sugar, Catherine; Whitham, Cynthia; Gorospe, Clarissa M.; Laugeson, Elizabeth – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2010
This study evaluated Children's Friendship Training (CFT), a manualized parent-assisted intervention to improve social skills among second to fifth grade children with autism spectrum disorders. Comparison was made with a delayed treatment control group (DTC). Targeted skills included conversational skills, peer entry skills, developing friendship…
Descriptors: Play, Autism, Friendship, Parents