Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with High Functioning, Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review of the Literature
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: This paper will review the literature surrounding effective reading comprehension strategies for teaching students with High Func-tioning Autism Spectrum Disorders. Theories were also examined surrounding Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and the cogni-tive processes that researchers have determined potentially affect students with this disorder and their learning. Individuals with autism need effective strategies for reading comprehension to be consistently implemented in the curriculum in order to promote reading success. This review of the literature examined five dif-ferent approaches that have proven to be beneficial in studies for students with ASD. Educators should examine, consider, and even combine strategies based individually on student need, and how successful students could be using the approach to improve their reading comprehension skills.
Author: ThereseAnne Carberry
Institution: La Salle University
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W17330602