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Kellems, Ryan O.; Charlton, Cade T.; Black, Brooke; Bussey, Heidi; Ferguson, Rachel; Gonçalves, Bruna F.; Jensen, Mikaela; Vallejo, Sara – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2023
Social engagement is critical to the personal and social development of children. Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often exhibit low levels of social engagement with peers and adults, with clearly fewer instances of eye contact, initiation, joint attention, and empathy. Given the pivotal role of social engagement, procedures that…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Janice Ka-Yan Chan; Theodore Ching-Kong Cheung; Chi-Wai Chan; Fan Fang; Kelly Yee-Ching Lai; Xiang Sun; Helen O'Reilly; Ofer Golan; Carrie Allison; Simon Baron-Cohen; Patrick Wing-Leung Leung – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
"The Transporters" intervention contains 15 animated episodes that autistic children watch daily for a month and learn emotion recognition through stories depicting social interactions between vehicle characters with grafted human faces, expressing emotions. Its automated, home-based format is cost-effective. This study included four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Response, Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Fatima, Shabbih; Sultan, Sarwat; Jenson, William R.; Davis, John L.; Radley, Keith C.; Naintara – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2023
This study investigated the efficacy of the Superheroes Social Skills program in increasing social engagement of four elementary-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Pakistan, where English was spoken as a second language. The investigators implemented the first six lessons from the program in the classroom and assessed its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Social Emotional Learning
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Yong-Hwee Nah; Raelene Shu-Xuan Lee; Annabel Shen-Hsing Chen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This pre-test post-test control group design sought to compare the effectiveness of delivering different types of information ([1] factual information vs. [2] factual information + descriptive and explanatory information vs. [3] factual information + descriptive, explanatory + directive information) in an animated video intervention in increasing…
Descriptors: Information Utilization, Animation, Video Technology, Intervention
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Copetti, Fernando; Valentini, Nadia C.; Deslandes, Andréa C.; Webster, E. Kipling – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2022
Background: Motor skill assessment is time-consuming and some difficulties are inherent in the administration of motor tests, especially in children with neurodevelopment disorders. Purpose: This study aimed to develop and investigate the face, content, and criterion validity of a Motor Skills Sequential Pictures (MSSP) for the Test of Gross Motor…
Descriptors: Motor Development, Children, Norm Referenced Tests, Psychomotor Skills
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Güler, Tülay Dargut; Erdem, Mukaddes – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2022
The purpose of the study was to compare the effectiveness and efficiency of animated and non-animated mobile social story maps using the mobile learning environment that the authors developed. An application using the story map method based on social stories was developed. Mobile social story map was presented with animated and non-animated…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Young Children, Program Effectiveness, Animation