Matthew S. Goodwin – författare

Technology holds great promise for helping students with autism learn, communicate, and function effectively in the modern world. Start leveraging that power today with this forward-thinking book, your in-depth guided tour of technologies that support learners with autism and help them fully participate in their classroom and community. You'll learn about readily available technologies you can use right now-from apps to video modeling-and explore next-wave innovations that will help shape the future of autism intervention, such as therapeutic robots and advanced virtual reality technologies. You'll also get critical guidance on how to select the appropriate technology for your needs, weave technology into a universal design for learning framework, and conduct effective professional development so teachers make the most of new tools and strategies.Discover technologies that helpsupport the overall learning of children on the autism spectrumteach social skills and support emotion regulation through independent data collectiondevelop executive function strategies and improve flexibility, memory, and transitionsboost literacy and language skillssupport young adults' transition to the workplacemake data collection and program evaluation more effective and efficientstrengthen teacher training programsenhance use of evidence-based practicesExplore the benefits of technologies likeapps for education, communication, behavior regulation, and morevideo modelinglanguage processing softwarecustomized digital stories and book creator appselement cue supportsemotional regulation and sensing technologiesinteractive learning software to improve feedback and metacognitionvisualization and mind mapping appstext-to-speech and speech to text softwaree-readers and tablets with integrated multimedia (e.g., cameras, microphones, etc.) electronic data collection forms for use with handheld devicesand more

This book provides an in-depth review of the historical and state-of-the-art use of technology by and for individuals with autism. The design, development, deployment, and evaluation of interactive technologies for use by and with individuals with autism have been rapidly increasing over the last few decades. There is great promise for the use of these technologies to enrich lives, improve the experience of interventions, help with learning, facilitate communication, support data collection, and promote understanding. Emerging technologies in this area also have the potential to enhance assessment and diagnosis of autism, to understand the nature and lived experience of autism, and to help researchers conduct basic and applied research.The intention of this book is to give readers a comprehensive background for understanding what work has already been completed and its impact as well as what promises and challenges lie ahead. A large majority of existing technologieshave been designed for autistic children, there is increased interest in technology’s intersection with the lived experiences of autistic adults. By providing a classification scheme and general review, this book can help technology designers, researchers, autistic people, and their advocates better understand how technologies have been successful or unsuccessful, what problems remain open, and where innovations can further address challenges and opportunities for individuals with autism and the variety of stakeholders connected to them.