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Engagement of Children With Autism in Learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2012

Deb Keen
Deb Keen*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Education, Griffith University and Griffith Institute for Educational Research, Australia. d.keen@griffith.edu.au
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*Address for correspondence: Deb Keen PhD, School of Education and Professional Studies, Mt Gravatt Campus, Griffith University Queensland 4111 Australia.
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Abstract

Early engagement with the world around us provides opportunities for learning and practising new skills and acquiring knowledge critical to cognitive and social development. Children with autism typically display low levels of engagement, particularly in their social world, which limits the opportunities for learning that occur for their typically developing peers. An investigation of the literature on engagement suggests a lack of consensus about definition and measurement that may undermine the usefulness of this construct to educators. This article argues that the engagement construct can assist educators in the development and implementation of effective teaching interventions for children with autism.

Keywords

autismengagementteacher responsivenesslearning and motivation
Type
Articles
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Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , 01 October 2009 , pp. 130 - 140
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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