Children first establish the foundations of subsequent social interactions by learning basic toy manipulations skills (Weiss and Harris, 2001). Once the child has established these skills in isolation, they can then be expanded into the symbolic and dramatic levels of play. For children who do not display these foundational toy play skills, the…

This study investigates if collaboration and the level of heterogeneity between collaborating partners' problem-solving scripts can influence the extent to which pre-service teachers engage in evidence-based reasoning when analyzing and solving pedagogical problem cases. We operationalized evidence-based reasoning through its content and process…

Despite deficits in academic outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a relatively small proportion of intervention research has investigated interventions to address academic development for this population. This article includes a review of the research literature on the effectiveness of teaching academic skills to students…