فعالية برنامج تدريبي قائم على الأنشطة الفنية لخفض حدة السلوك النمطي التكراري في تنمية مهارات التواصل الوظيفي لدى الأطفال ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد = Effectiveness of a Training Program Based on Artistic Activities in Reducing Stereotypical Repetitive Behavior in the Development of Functional Communication Skills for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (17) ◽  
pp. 306-187
Author(s):  
محمد النوبي محمد علي
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Repetitive Behavior ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Functional Communication

Using a Textual Prompt to Teach Multiword Requesting to Two Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 819-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Roche ◽  
Amarie Carnett ◽  
Jeff Sigafoos ◽  
Michelle Stevens ◽  
Mark F. O’Reilly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Relative Strength ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Functional Communication ◽  
Expressive Communication ◽  
Textual Prompts

Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by social and communication impairment, but some children appear to have relative strength in areas such as reading printed words. The present study involved two children with limited expressive communication skills, but relatively stronger reading ability. Based on this existing strength, we evaluated a textual prompting procedure for teaching the children to produce multiword spoken requests. The effect of providing textual prompts on production of multiword requests was evaluated in an ABAB design. The results showed that multiword requests increased when textual prompts were provided and decreased when the prompts were removed. In subsequent phases, the textual prompts were successfully faded by gradually making the printed text lighter and lighter until eventually the prompts were eliminated altogether. We conclude that identification of children’s strengths may assist in identifying effective prompting procedures that could then be used in teaching functional communication skills.

scholarly journals Evaluating Animal-Assisted Interventions: An Empirical Illustration of Differences between Outcome Measures

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffie van der Steen ◽  
Merel Heineman ◽  
Marloes Ernst
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Parental Reports ◽  
Equine Assisted ◽  
Empirical Illustration

Multiple authors have called for strong empirical evaluations to strengthen the foundation of Animal-Assisted Interventions. Carefully choosing the outcome measures of these studies is important, as choosing the wrong outcomes may lead to a failure to detect effects. The current study therefore compares and contrasts the use of several outcome measures, to assess the effect of an equine-assisted intervention for a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: (1) a semi-structured interview with both parents, specifically designed for children with cognitive disabilities, (2) a general screening instrument filled out by both parents separately, which can be used to assess children’s psycho-social problems, and (3) systematic observations of social and communication skills during the equine-assisted sessions. All instruments indicated an improvement in the participant’s social and communication skills. We found differences between the interview and questionnaires with regard to parents’ perception of aggression regulation and interacting with peers. Differences with regard to parental reports and observations were found for play development and anxiety. The observations provided a detailed view of the child’s development during the intervention, which yielded an interesting hypothesis in terms of the current dose–response discussion in AAI for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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