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Fleury, Veronica P.; Towson, Jacqueline A. – Exceptional Children, 2021
Project START (Students and Teachers Actively Reading Together) is an adaptive shared reading intervention designed to address the varied learning needs of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This report summarizes procedures and results of the developmental year of the project, which focused primarily on evaluating…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Reading Strategies
Fleury, Veronica P.; Towson, Jacqueline – Grantee Submission, 2021
Project START (Students and Teachers Actively Reading Together) is an adaptive shared reading intervention designed to address the varied learning needs of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This report summarizes procedures and results of the developmental year of the project, which focused primarily on evaluating…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Reading Strategies
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Shepley, Collin; Lane, Justin D.; Shepley, Sally B. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2016
Young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related social-communication delays may display difficulties commenting on actions that occur in their natural environment. One method for increasing early conversation skills is direct instruction. Using video examples of actions may increase the salient features of instructional targets and,…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Delayed Speech, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
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Radley, Keith C.; O'Handley, Roderick D.; Battaglia, Allison A.; Lum, John D. K.; Dadakhodjaeva, Komila; Ford, William B.; McHugh, Melissa B. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2017
The current study evaluated the effects of the "Superheroes Social Skills" program (Jenson et al. 2011) in promoting accurate demonstration of target social skills in training and generalization conditions in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and peers with shared social deficits. Three preschool-age children with ASD…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Intervention, Interpersonal Competence