Using multimedia to reveal the hidden code of everyday behaviour to children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs)
ARTICLE
Theresa Doyle, Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez
Computers & Education Volume 56, Number 2, ISSN 0360-1315 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
This paper describes a framework which was developed for carers (teachers and parents) to help them create personalised social stories for children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs). It explores the social challenges experienced by individuals with ASDs and outlines an intervention aimed at revealing the hidden code that underpins social interactions to them. It focuses on how technology can facilitate the implementation of this intervention by utilising multimedia-authoring tools. Findings from a case study, involving seven carers over a five-month period, are encouraging revealing that the participants quickly learned the basics of the intervention and either adapted or created social stories. They found the framework easy to use and sufficiently flexible to cater for children with social interaction, communication and behaviour problems.
Citation
Doyle, T. & Arnedillo-Sánchez, I. (2011). Using multimedia to reveal the hidden code of everyday behaviour to children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs). Computers & Education, 56(2), 357-369. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/67167/.
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Full text is availabe on Science Direct: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2010.08.016Keywords
- authoring tools and methods
- autism
- case studies
- Computer Assisted Instruction
- Computer Software
- educational technology
- interaction
- Interpersonal Relationship
- Intervention
- learning strategies
- media in education
- Multimedia Instruction
- Multimedia Materials
- Parent Child Relationship
- Parents as Teachers
- Pervasive Developmental Disorders
- Social Behavior
- special education
- Special Needs Students
- Story Telling
- Teacher Student Relationship
- teaching methods
- Teaching/Learning Strategies