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Direct linkWalker, Virginia L.; Carpenter, Megan E.; Clausen, Amy; Ealer, Katherine; Lyon, Kristin J. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of special educators' delivery of training that included an initial training session and follow-up coaching on paraprofessional implementation of an evidence-based practice for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Three special educators each trained a paraprofessional in their…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Role, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Coaching (Performance)
Han, Chen; Cumming, Therese M. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2022
The educational inclusion of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can be challenging, due to behavioural issues. Scant research has been conducted to investigate behavioural interventions for students with ASD in the Chinese context. Since special education in China varies greatly from that in western countries such as Australia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Students with Disabilities
Download full textSteinbrenner, Jessica R.; Hume, Kara; Odom, Samuel L.; Morin, Kristi L.; Nowell, Sallie W.; Tomaszewski, Brianne; Szendrey, Susan; McIntyre, Nancy S.; Yücesoy-Özkan, Serife; Savage, Melissa N. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2020
Autism is currently one of the most prominent and widely discussed human conditions. Its increased prevalence has intensified the demand for effective educational and therapeutic services, and intervention science is providing mounting evidence about practices that positively impact outcomes. The purpose of this report is to describe a set of…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children
Heath, Amy Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Functional Communication Training (FCT) is an intervention that involves teaching a communicative response to decrease the occurrence of challenging behavior in individuals with disabilities. FCT is a two step intervention in which the interventionist first determines the function, or purpose, of the challenging behavior and then teaches a…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Communication Skills, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Modification
Ryan, Joseph B.; Hughes, Elizabeth M.; Katsiyannis, Antonis; McDaniel, Melanie; Sprinkle, Cynthia – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2011
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become the fastest growing disability in the United States, with current prevalence rates estimated at as many as 1 in 110 children (CDC, 2010). This increase in the number of students identified with ASD has significant implications for public schools. The most popular research-based educational practices for…
Descriptors: Autism, Educational Practices, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Educational Research
Hurlbutt, Karen – Exceptional Parent, 2010
With the increase in the numbers of diagnosed children on the autism spectrum, schools are being challenged to provide proper educational services for these children. In Educating Children with Autism, the National Research Council recommended that educational programs for students with autism include three basic components. These are direct…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Autism, School Choice, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Olive, Melissa L.; Lang, Russell B.; Davis, Tonya N. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Functional Communication Training (FCT) and a Voice Output Communication Aid (VOCA) on the challenging behavior and language development of a 4-year-old girl with autism spectrum disorder. The participant's mother implemented modified functional analysis (FA) and intervention procedures in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mothers, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Young Children
Odom, Samuel L.; Collet-Klingenberg, Lana; Rogers, Sally J.; Hatton, Deborah D. – Preventing School Failure, 2010
Evidence-based practices (EBPs) are the basis on which teachers and other service providers are required to design educational programs for learners with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). As part of their work with the National Professional Development Center (NPDC) on ASD, researchers developed a process for reviewing the research literature and…
Descriptors: Autism, Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Literature Reviews
Smith, Deborah L.; Gillon, Gail T. – Kairaranga, 2004
This study investigated the caseload characteristics and the types of intervention implemented for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). A survey was developed and distributed to 75 speech-language therapists working for Special Education within the New Zealand Ministry of Education. A total of 34 surveys were completed and returned.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Intervention, Autism, Foreign Countries
