Honors Theses
Date of Award
2016
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Communication Sciences and Disorders
First Advisor
Lennette J. Ivy
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a disorder that impacts millions of people worldwide on a daily basis. While most adults with autism have received, and continue to receive, the proper assistance in engaging in everyday life, children with autism face more challenges that impacts their engagement socially. Many intervention methods have been researched and implemented to assist in communication and social involvement for children with ASD. However, little research exists on helping young children with ASD effectively transition, both academically and socially, from one educational environment to another. This research will contain a case study of a six-year-old child enrolled in the Hearing Impaired Language and Literacy Preschool Laboratory (HILL) class in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Mississippi. The child is in the process of transitioning from the HILL preschool class to a public, elementary school setting, so this research will assess the daily activities and routines of the child within the HILL class, focusing primarily on how an alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) device helps to minimize outbursts from the child; the methods used to help the child transition to an elementary school program, and the daily activities and routines of the child within the elementary education program.
Recommended Citation
Everett, Shakeika K., "Autism Spectrum Disorder: How Does Transitional Planning from Preschool to Elementary School Benefit Educational and Social Success?" (2016). Honors Theses. 850.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/850
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