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- Title
The effect of phonics skills intervention on early reading comprehension in an adolescent with autism: A longitudinal study.
- Authors
Nicolosi, Michael; Dillenburger, Karola
- Abstract
Reading comprehension requires phonics skills, described as "blending phonemes in a word". Adolescents diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often experience poor reading comprehension. The aim of the present study was to explore if it is possible for an adolescent with ASD and intellectual disability to learn reading comprehension skills even without direct teaching, when the focus of the intervention is on teaching phonics skills. An adolescent with ASD, profound intellectual disability and limited behavioral repertoire participated in the study. The participant received intensive ABA‐based interventions according to University of California at Los Angeles‐Young Autism Project (UCLA‐YAP) model and intensive phonics training. Intervention data show emergence of early reading comprehension skills in terms of words/pictures matching and responding to written instructions. It is suggested that implementation of similar interventions could change the opportunities for people with autism who have limited behavioral repertoire and who did not begin an ABA‐based interventions until their adolescence.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; READING disability; HUMAN services programs; TEACHING methods; TREATMENT effectiveness; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; EARLY intervention (Education); INTELLECTUAL disabilities; LONGITUDINAL method; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; ABILITY; PHONETICS; LEARNING strategies; AUTISM in adolescence; TRAINING
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2024, Vol 39, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.2007