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Reading comprehension intervention for high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorders

Pages 41-58 | Received 16 Mar 2015, Accepted 12 May 2016, Published online: 16 Jun 2016
 

Abstract

The prevalence of children with autism spectrum disorders appears to be on the increase and educators are becoming more aware of their educational and social needs. In particular, many students with high-functioning autism have a deficit in reading comprehension. As a consequence, there is now a greater determination by educators to design the most appropriate reading interventions to address their specific learning impairments. This article outlines a balanced instructional framework for reading comprehension intervention that includes a three-levelled structure incorporating language decoding, language comprehension and metacognitive processes. Research suggests that reading comprehension intervention should focus on reading for meaning by incorporating visual and verbal cognitive strategies to enhance the development of local and global inferencing skills. The framework highlights the need to develop language, social and self-regulation abilities in association with dialogic interaction.

Acknowledgement

Acknowledgement is given to the University of the Sunshine Coast for supporting the writing of this paper. Please visit my Blog for more information about teaching comprehension at http://reading4meaning.blogspot.com/.

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