Research summaries for autism therapy: school

definition of school: Type of school that is supported through government funds.
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Challenges of Service-Dog Ownership for Families with Autistic Children: Lessons for Veterinary Practitioners, Summarized Aug 31, 2010

Service dogs may be a friend to a child with autism and help keep the child safe, but the family with the dog needs the support of a good veterinarian.

The purpose of this study was to learn from families what it is like to have a service dog to support a child with autism. Each family must find its own way to bring a service dog into the family. The authors found that the troubles with service dogs may offset the good of having a service dog. The authors suggest that veterinarians look at the results of this study so that they can better help the owners of service dogs. Veterinary schools can teach veterinarians how to learn what needs to be known about families who want service dogs.

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Supervisor Support as a Predictor of Burnout and Therapeutic Self-Efficacy in Therapists Working in ABA Schools, Summarized Aug 19, 2010

Regular and high quality supervision of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapists may improve the success of ABA intervention.

The focus of this study was on how ABA therapists feel about their work. The survey, of 81 therapists working in ABA schools, found that the therapists who were the most happy had the most support from their bosses. The therapists who received the most support from their bosses also felt that they were doing the best job with the students. The best bosses were those who showed empathy for the therapists and who had a style that rewarded the good choices of the therapists. The study was performed in Ireland, but the authors note that it did not include all ABA therapists in Ireland.

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Picture Exchange Communication (PECS) Training for Young Children: Does Training Transfer at School to Home?, Summarized Jul 13, 2010

Picture Exchange Communication (PECS) may be easily taught to children with autism, but it may be hard to teach the children to generalize PECS requests outside of therapy sessions and into school and home.

This study focused on the extent to which PECS training transfers to the classroom and home. The three children in the study (5-6 years old) learned PECS quickly. The children did not make many PECS requests outside of the therapy session. The child who had the most PECS training was also the child who made the most PECS requests in school. The authors suggest that it may be important to have trained PECS communication partners in the school and home in order to get the child to use PECS in different settings.

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Skill Acquisition in Students with and without Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Summarized Jun 22, 2010

Students with autism benefit from being included in a mainstream physical education class.

Most people believe that having children with autism in a normal classroom does not slow down neurotypical students, but few studies have looked at this issue. The main purpose of this study was to see how seven junior-high school students with autism learned field hockey skills within a normal classroom. The study also looked to see if the fact that the students with autism were in a normal classroom somehow slowed down the other students in the classroom. The authors noted that the students with autism acquired skills more slowly than neurotypical students.... Read more...

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Synonyms for school include: public schools, schools
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