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Technology-Aided Interventions and Instruction for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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The use of technology in intervention and instruction for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is increasing at a striking rate. The purpose of this paper is to examine the research literature underlying the use of technology in interventions and instruction for high school students with ASD. In this paper, authors propose a theoretical and conceptual framework for examining the use of technology by and for adolescents with ASD in school, home, and community settings. This framework is then used to describe the research literature on efficacy of intervention and instruction that utilizes technology. A review of the literature from 1990 to the end of 2013 identified 30 studies that documented efficacy of different forms of technology and their impact on academics, adaptive behavior, challenging behavior, communication, independence, social competence, and vocational skills.

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The work reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Science, US Department of Education through Grant R324C120006 awarded to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Views expressed in the paper are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of the funding agency.

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  1. Center on Secondary Education for Students with ASD, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Samuel L. Odom

  2. Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 105 Smith Level Road, CB 8180, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-8180, USA

    Samuel L. Odom

  3. Counseling, Education, Psychology, & Special Education, Michigan State University, Erikson Hall, Rm 344, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA

    Julie L. Thompson

  4. Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 8040, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-8040, USA

    Susan Hedges & Jessica R. Dykstra

  5. Waismann Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

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  6. UC Davis MIND Institute, 2825 50th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA

    Aimee Bord

  7. Division of Occupational Sciences, Department of Allied Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 8040, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-8040, USA

    Brian A. Boyd

  8. Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Campus Box 8185, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-8185, USA

    Michelle A. Duda

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Odom, S.L., Thompson, J.L., Hedges, S. et al. Technology-Aided Interventions and Instruction for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Autism Dev Disord 45, 3805–3819 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2320-6

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