Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
8th International Conference on Future of Teaching and Education, Madrid, İspanya, 26 - 28 Nisan 2024, ss.1-2
Joint attention is the ability of a person to communicate with the other person in a coordinated manner through verbal expressions or gestures, pointing, and shifting gaze. It has been stated that individuals with ASD have deficiencies in their ability to initiate and respond to joint attention skills compared to their typically developing peers. In this study, effectiveness of teaching to initiate bids for joint attention by teaching with graduated guidance by using augmented reality technology to individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been examined. This study was conducted with three male participants with ASD between the ages of 5 and 6 years. A multiple probe design between participants with probe trials, one of the single-subject research designs, was used in the study. The effectiveness findings obtained from the study show that the systematic instruction delivered through the augmented reality application was effective on the joint attention initiation skills of the participants with ASD. In addition, the participants were able to generalise this skill interpersonally and perform it 7, 15, 30 and 60 days later. Based on these, the results will be discussed in the presentation.