The Positive Effects of Using Technology When Using Social Stories with ASD Children

Abstract

This paper focuses on the study of the use of technology, like iPad and its applications for the educational purpose of the children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This paper discusses, how iPad and its application can be helpful in improving the learning for these children with ASD. The Psychology of child development standard is now based more effective to find those goals. Therefore, the study, descriptive and explanatory of how the child normally builds in interaction with others, social knowledge is a subject of mandatory knowledge for anyone who has to plan the educational intervention of students with autism. Furthermore, programs such as seminars, different events would be arranged, in order to increase the awareness of the parents of childrens with ASD and the members of the scholl for special needs children. This would be done so that these people become aware of the fact that by using equipments, such as, iPad and its applications, the learning of the children with ASD can be improved and encouraged.

The Positive Effects of Using Technology When Using Social Stories with ASD Children

Literature Review

Educational Intervention of Autism

As we are experiencing a time of rethinking on important aspects relating to the nature and conceptualization of the syndrome of autism, there is also the rethinking in regards to matters relating to issues about the intervention (Ozdemir, 2008). In this section we will focus on current considerations on the educational intervention.

General characteristics of the educational intervention in autistic children

What to teach: The Psychology of child development standard is now based more effective to find those goals (Ozdemir, 2008). Therefore, the study, descriptive and explanatory of how the child normally builds in interaction with others, social knowledge is a subject of mandatory knowledge for anyone who has to plan the educational intervention of students with autism.

How do you teach?: The technology emerged from the learning theory, behavioral technology, theory of mind, in its current developments, it remains the tool valid for teaching these students (Reynhout, Carter, 2008). The need for structuring and systematization of teaching units is basic for the student with autism can learn.

Intervention in the social area

The development in understanding social of autistic children is not achieved, as we have seen, by the means in which others succeed. The student with autism is not want to learn the knowledge of social (or learn it but refuses to say so), you do not know, cannot learn it through natural means (Linda, Alan, et al, 2009). It is therefore necessary to program the express teaching of such knowledge.

Characteristics of the intervention in this area

Yet despite being an area center of intervention has been a lack of programs designed specifically for teaching (Linda, Alan, et al, 2009). One of these is the resume TEACCH, the group of North Carolina, in which the goals of intervention are not given in advance, but emerge, individualized for each person, that person's observation, in a different context, certain social ...