Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Published Version

Keywords

ASD, IPad, Language development, Teachers' interaction

Journal/Book/Conference Title

International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education

Volume

10

Issue

2

First Page

75

Last Page

91

Abstract

The purpose of this study was investigating teachers' interaction with a young child with ASD when they were using iPad to support language and communication skills development. A case study method was applied. Business-as-usual classroom interaction was analyzed. Utterances were divided into two conditions (iPad-use and non-iPad-use) to compare effectiveness on supporting the child's engagement in teacher-child interaction. In addition, interviews with teachers were conducted to collect more information about their own perspectives regarding iPad use with the student with ASD. Results of the study indicate that child-teacher joint attention and teachers' verbal assistance happened more frequently when iPad was not used. In addition, surprisingly, teachers put a minor emphasis on iPad use for targeted instruction for language and communication skills development, different from their initial claim. These findings suggest that more professional development for teachers' iPad use in language and communication skills development should be provided.

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Original Publication Date

1-1-2018

Object Description

1 PDF File

DOI of published version

10.20489/intjecse.506861

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2018 The Author(s)

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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