TY - JOUR

T1 - Teaching children with autism to read for meaning

T2 - Challenges and possibilities

AU - Randi, Judi

AU - Newman, Tina

AU - Grigorenko, Elena L.

N1 - Funding Information: Acknowledgments The preparation of this article was supported by funds from the US National Institute of Health, NIH [awards DC007665 (PI: Grigorenko), HD048830 (PI: Pugh), HD052120 (PI: Wagner), and MH81756 (PI: Klin)], and from the Autism Speaks Foundation (PI: Vaccarino). Grantees undertaking such projects are encouraged to freely express their professional judgment. This article, therefore, does not necessarily represent the position or policies of the NIH and no official endorsement should be inferred.

PY - 2010/7

Y1 - 2010/7

N2 - The purpose of this literature review is to examine what makes reading for understanding especially challenging for children on the autism spectrum, most of whom are skilled at decoding and less skilled at comprehension. This paper first summarizes the research on reading comprehension with a focus on the cognitive skills and processes that are involved in gaining meaning from text and then reviews studies of reading comprehension deficits in children on the spectrum. The paper concludes with a review of reading comprehension interventions for children on the spectrum. These children can especially benefit from interventions addressing particular cognitive processes, such as locating antecedent events, generating and answering questions, locating referents, and rereading to repair understanding.

AB - The purpose of this literature review is to examine what makes reading for understanding especially challenging for children on the autism spectrum, most of whom are skilled at decoding and less skilled at comprehension. This paper first summarizes the research on reading comprehension with a focus on the cognitive skills and processes that are involved in gaining meaning from text and then reviews studies of reading comprehension deficits in children on the spectrum. The paper concludes with a review of reading comprehension interventions for children on the spectrum. These children can especially benefit from interventions addressing particular cognitive processes, such as locating antecedent events, generating and answering questions, locating referents, and rereading to repair understanding.

KW - Autism spectrum disorders

KW - Cognitive processes

KW - Decoding skills

KW - Reading comprehension

KW - Reading comprehension interventions

KW - Reading difficulties

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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-010-0938-6

DO - 10.1007/s10803-010-0938-6

M3 - Review article

C2 - 20101452

AN - SCOPUS:77956231412

VL - 40

SP - 890

EP - 902

JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

SN - 0162-3257

IS - 7

ER -