Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities articles from December 2007

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities archives from December 2007

J. Lee Wiederholt 1942-2007.(Obituary)(Brief article)
December 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] J. Lee Wiederholt died unexpectedly on August 19. Lee was senior vice president of PRO-ED, Inc., trustee and president of the Donald D. Hammill Foundation, and trustee of the Hammill Institute on Disabilities. He...

Literacy: introduction to the special series.
December 22, 2007... Literacy for all populations of students, especially for students for whom learning to read poses significant challenges, is considered the primary objective in most educational settings. Historically, literacy instruction (including reading...

Training teachers to follow a task analysis to engage middle school students with moderate and severe developmental disabilities in grade-appropriate literature.(Clinical report)
December 22, 2007... The purpose of this study was to train teachers to follow a task analysis to teach a story-based literacy lesson using adapted, grade-appropriate middle school literature to students with moderate and severe developmental disabilities. A...

Comparison of the acquisition and maintenance of teaching functional and core content sight words in special and general education settings.(Clinical report)
December 22, 2007... In this investigation, the acquisition of both functional and core content sight words was compared as replicated across three formats: direct massed trial instruction in a special education resource room, direct distributed trial instruction...

Components of visual literacy: teaching logos.(Clinical report)
December 22, 2007... Definitions of literacy that focus solely on reading words provide too narrow a framework for many students with severe disabilities. Obtaining information from the environment may be accomplished in a variety of modes, such as visual literacy,...

Effectiveness of Direct Instruction for teaching statement inference, use of facts, and analogies to students with developmental disabilities and reading delays.(Clinical report)
December 22, 2007... This study investigated the effects of a Direct Instruction (DI) reading comprehension program implemented with students who had developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and reading delays. There is little research...

Use of strategy instruction to improve the story writing skills of a student with Asperger syndrome.(Self-Regulated Strategy Development)(Clinical report)
December 22, 2007... More empirical studies are needed that evaluate interventions to improve the academic functioning of students with Asperger syndrome (AS). The purpose of this exploratory study was to evaluate the use of Self-Regulated Strategy Development...

Integrated word identification and communication instruction for students with complex communication needs: preliminary results.(Clinical report)
December 22, 2007... The current study investigated the effectiveness of an integrated word identification and communication intervention for children with complex communication needs. Using a nonconcurrent, multiple baseline design, the study involved three...