Tzanakaki, Pagona, Grindle, Corinna Fay, Saville, Maria, Hastings, Richard P., Hughes, J. Carl and Huxley, Kathleen (2014) An individualised curriculum to teach numeracy skills to children with autism : programme description and pilot data. Support for Learning, Volume 29 (Number 4). pp. 319-338. doi:10.1111/1467-9604.12069 ISSN 0268-2141.

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Abstract

Teaching mathematics to children with autism is an area with limited research evidence. In this study we developed a teaching manual based on Maths Recovery, a numeracy programme designed for typically developing children. Six children with autism participated in the study and received daily numeracy teaching over a 20-week period. Our aims were to explore whether Maths Recovery can be used as a numeracy curriculum for children with autism and to evaluate the progress the children make after a period of intensive teaching. Using a pre-test post-test design we found that the adapted Maths Recovery numeracy curriculum was successfully incorporated within each child's individualised teaching programme, and that all six children improved their mathematical ability over the course of the intervention. Our data show promising results and support the rationale for larger evaluation studies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Journal or Publication Title:	Support for Learning
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	0268-2141
Official Date:	November 2014
Dates:	Date Event November 2014 Published 10 January 2015 Available
Volume:	Volume 29
Number:	Number 4
Page Range:	pp. 319-338
DOI:	10.1111/1467-9604.12069
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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