Participation of children with autism and nondisabled peers in a cooperatively structured, community art program
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Stuart J. Schleien, Professor & Chair (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Two groups (one younger, one older) of children with autism participated in monthly art activities with same-age nondisabled peers at a children's museum. The study sought to investigate the feasibility of offering a cooperatively structured art education class for students with autism and nondisabled students, and to evaluate the effect of joint participation on the students' interactions with one another. Results indicated that both groups of children with autism were targeted for interactions front nondisabled peers significantly more often during intervention than during baseline, even though positive social interaction bids by nondisabled peers were rarely reciprocated and hardly ever initiated by peers with autism.
Participation of children with autism and nondisabled peers in a cooperatively structured, community art program
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 25, 397-413
- Language: English
- Date: 1995
- Keywords
- Art education class, Students with autism, Nondisabled students, Joint participation