http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11918110&dopt=Abstract
Do children with autism learn to read more readily by
computer assisted instruction or traditional book methods? A pilot study.
Williams C, Wright B, Callaghan G, Coughlan B.
York NHS Trust, UK. christine.williams@exch.yhs-tr.northy.nhs.uk.com
The study evaluates the progress of eight children aged 3-5 years with autism
attending a specialist teaching unit in their development of reading skills in
two conditions: computer instructed learning and book based learning. The
authors developed a direct observation schedule to monitor autistic behaviours
using computerized techniques. The children were matched by age, severity of
autistic symptomatology and number of spoken words. They were initially randomly
allocated to the computer or book condition and crossed over at 10 weeks. All of
the children spent more time on task in the computer condition than in the book
condition. By the end of the study after computer assisted learning, five of the
eight children could reliably identify at least three words. It was found that
children with autism spent more time on reading material when they accessed it
through a computer and were less resistant to its use.
PMID: 11918110 [PubMed - in process]
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