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Woynaroski, Tiffany G.; Kwakye, Leslie D.; Foss-Feig, Jennifer H.; Stevenson, Ryan A.; Stone, Wendy L.; Wallace, Mark T. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
This study examined unisensory and multisensory speech perception in 8-17 year old children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and typically developing controls matched on chronological age, sex, and IQ. Consonant-vowel syllables were presented in visual only, auditory only, matched audiovisual, and mismatched audiovisual ("McGurk")…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Adolescents, Autism
Phillips, William E.; Feng, Jay – Online Submission, 2012
A quasi-experimental action research with a pretest-posttest same subject design was implemented to determine if there is a different effect of the flash card method and the multisensory approach on kindergarteners' achievement in sight word recognition, and which method is more effective if there is any difference. Instrumentation for pretest and…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Action Research, Instructional Materials, Teaching Methods
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Fava, Leonardo; Strauss, Kristin – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The present study examined whether Snoezelen and Stimulus Preference environments have differential effects on disruptive and pro-social behaviors in adults with profound mental retardation and autism. In N = 27 adults these target behaviors were recorded for a total of 20 sessions using both multi-sensory rooms. Three comparison groups were…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, Autism, Developmental Disabilities