Efficacy of Handheld Electronic Visual Supports to Enhance Vocabulary in Children with ASD

Autor/inn/en	Ganz, Jennifer B.; Boles, Margot B.; Goodwyn, Fara D.; Flores, Margaret M.
Titel	Efficacy of Handheld Electronic Visual Supports to Enhance Vocabulary in Children with ASD
Quelle	In: Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 29 (2014) 1, S.3-12 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1088-3576
DOI	10.1177/1088357613504991
Schlagwörter	Handheld Devices; Electronic Learning; Vocabulary Development; Visual Stimuli; Children; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Early Adolescents; Language Usage; Program Effectiveness; Scripts; Language Impairments; Communication Skills; Behavior Problems; Self Control; Educational Technology; Teaching Methods; Statistical Analysis; Effect Size; Nouns; Verbs; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wortschatzarbeit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Autismus; Sprachgebrauch; Skript; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Kommunikationsstil; Selbstbeherrschung; Unterrichtsmedien; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Although electronic tools such as handheld computers have become increasingly common throughout society, implementation of such tools to improve skills in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities has lagged in the professional literature. However, the use of visual scripts for individuals with disabilities, particularly those with autism spectrum disorders, has been demonstrated to be effective, though frequently in static formats. Thus, this study involved the implementation of an alternating-treatment design to investigate the effects of tablet computer-based visual scripts on vocabulary use in three 8- to 14-year-old children with autism. Results indicated that all the participants showed increased use of verbs or nouns with the treatment materials, all the participants required less invasive prompts as the project progressed, and one participant had mixed results in the spontaneous use of nouns, increasing in their use in treatment and nontreatment conditions. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10