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Direct linkNicole Powell Farrow – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are reported to occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups; however there does appear to be a gender bias, in that on average ASD is 4 to 5 times more likely to occur in boys than in girls (CDC, 2020). This study sought to examine and explore the ASD-gender phenomenon based on the perspective of the…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Kelli A. Hay – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore, from the parents' perspective, the learning experiences of their children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) during high school. It further examined, from the parents' perspective, the development of their child's self-efficacy as well as employment outcomes after graduation.…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Outcomes of Education, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Learning Experience
Peer reviewedGazi F. Azad; Kyla E. Minton; David S. Mandell; Rebecca J. Landa – Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2021
When parents and teachers align their practices across home and school, it may optimize services for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). "Partners in School" is a multi-faceted implementation strategy designed to improve ASD services in schools. The goal is to increase parents' and teachers' use of evidence-based practices…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Parent Role, Teacher Role
Jordan McNeill Lukins – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Special educators are the primary implementers of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for school-aged students with autism. Twenty-eight strategies and interventions have been categorized as "evidence-based" with demonstrated efficacy for children and youth with autism (Steinbrenner et al., 2020). However, the research-to-practice gap…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Evidence Based Practice
Salman Gurmalah Almalki – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study investigated the existing practices employed by special education teachers in Saudi Arabia regarding the application of PECS when teaching children with autism. One hundred eighteen respondents took part in the research study, and the results revealed special education teachers shared a common perception concerning the barriers in using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Maha Ali Alghamdi – ProQuest LLC, 2021
As the incidence rate of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Saudi Arabia appears to increase, the need for evidence-based reading interventions that focus on the reading development of students with ASD increases. Reading fluency has been identified as a critical component of reading development and has been consistently linked with…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Intervention, Reading Fluency, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Mary A. Houser; Tara S. Guerriero; Trevor O'Brien – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2024
This study explored pre-service teachers' attitudes toward including students with ASD in general education. Ten participants from a mid-size teacher preparation program at a northeastern university participated in a focus group inquiry. The exploratory questions used during the focus group were derived from The Attitude Toward Inclusive Education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders
McKenna M. Halverson; Sara E. Lowmaster – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Peer mentors play a crucial role in campus-based living and support programs that assist autistic students in their transition to U.S. colleges. However, limited research has examined the characteristics of potential peer mentors and incentives that may be necessary to staff such programs. The present study evaluated the relationship between the…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Predictor Variables, Intention
Brooke Ingersoll; Kyle M. Frost; Diondra Straiton; Anamiguel Pomales Ramos; Mya Howard – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Although there is growing interest in telehealth to deliver parent-mediated intervention for autistic children, empirical evaluations are limited, and little is known regarding the relative benefits of self-directed and therapist-assisted telehealth interventions. This study examined the effect of self-directed and therapist-assisted ImPACT Online…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Videoconferencing, Parent Education, Well Being
Vasiliki Totsika; Athanasia Kouroupa; Amanda Timmerman; Amanda Allard; Kylie M. Gray; Richard P. Hastings; David Heyne; Glenn A. Melvin; Bruce Tonge – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Purpose: The present study investigated school absence among 1,076 5-15 year-old children with neurodevelopmental conditions (intellectual disability and/or autism) approximately one year following the start of COVID-19 in the UK. Methods: Parents completed an online survey indicating whether their child was absent from school during May 2021 and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Students with Disabilities, Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Download full textGrove, Wendy – Ohio Department of Education, 2020
Ohio's public schools provide special education services to children with disabilities as early as preschool. Every year, the Ohio Department of Education reports the number of preschool children who received state-funded special education services during the previous year. The 2018-2019 school year had an overall increase of 705 (3.24 percent)…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Developmental Delays
Paolo Meucci; Laura Zampini; Ambra Mara Giovannetti; Alice Quadraroli; Amanda Viola D'Arrigo; Daria Riva; Chiara Vago; Sara Bulgheroni; Francesca Cecchi; Irene Mannari; Francesco Paolo Falotico; Andrea Pratesi; Giovanni Passetti; Cecilia Laschi; Paolo Dario; Carlo Riva; Elisa Rossoni; Milda Cerniauskaite; Matilde Leonardi – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2020
The present study aimed to assess the validity of using a robotic platform (RODDI) to increase and enhance communicative exchanges between educators and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability. Nine children with ASD and intellectual disability and their educators took part in the study. Their communicative…
Descriptors: Robotics, Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability
Rachel Corbitt – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Deficits and problematic or fractured support systems are causing parents of autistic children to return to the foundational education system in this country: the homeschool. Since the CDC identified in 2016 that about 1 in 54 children live with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), there is an ever-intensifying need to investigate and identify reasons…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Home Schooling, Parent Attitudes, Advocacy
Danielle Gender-Walters – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine an effective training method of improving direct support professionals' (DSPs) ability to accurately and descriptively report antecedent, behavior, and function. A training method, multiple exemplar training (MET), which is not typically applied to this population, was utilized to determine its…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Training, Intellectual Disability, Listening Skills
Grey House Publishing, 2022
"The Autism Spectrum Handbook & Resource Guide" combines valuable, easy-to-understand educational information for consumers, patients, and their families, with official reports and releases about monitoring childhood growth and important milestones, community statistics, living with an ASD, and treatments and further resources for…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Child Development, Risk, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
