ERIC Number: EJ1423243
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-2047-3869
EISSN: EISSN-2047-3877
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Improving Academic Performance through a School-Based Intervention Targeting Academic Executive Functions -- A Pilot Study
International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, v70 n3 p549-557 2024
Background: Academic challenges such as losing/not turning in assignments, misplacing materials, and inefficient studying are common in middle-school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without intellectual disability. Deficits in organization, planning, prioritizing, memory/materials management, and studying skills [i.e. academic executive functioning (EF) deficits] contribute to these challenges. Objectives: To assess the feasibility, satisfaction, and initial efficacy of the school-based version of the Achieving Independence and Mastery in School (AIMS) intervention in a proof-of-concept trial with 6 students with ASD. Methods: 6 middle-schoolers with ASD without ID participated in AIMS. Parents and teachers rated academic EFs and functioning. Results: Results suggest high feasibility, youth satisfaction, and improved EF skills and academic behaviors by parent and teacher report. Conclusion: These promising results support further intervention development and suggest that academic EF skills are malleable in students with ASD.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intelligence Tests, Intervention, Executive Function, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Middle School Students, Comparative Analysis, Teacher Attitudes, Study Habits, Parent Attitudes, Educational Environment, Mastery Learning, Barriers, Outcomes of Education, Student Attitudes, Student Improvement, Homework, Interpersonal Communication, Behavior Rating Scales, Check Lists, Attendance, Behavior Problems, Program Effectiveness, Students with Disabilities, Special Education
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Related Records: ED621105
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio (Cincinnati)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A180053
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