Faculty: Suzana Curcija , Uma Bucha

Program Coordinator: Jo Anne Nugent, EdD

Associate Dean: Nora Simpson; nora.simpson@humber.ca

PSYC 2125 – Autism Spectrum Disorders

Research Paper - Interpreting Research
Due: November 20, 2021
Worth 25%

Select one of the following common interventions used to teach children diagnosed with Autism:

Functional PEERS (Laugeson) Social Stories (Gray) Project TEACCH

Communication Training
Video Modelling Pivotal Response Social Communication, Picture Exchange
Training (Koegel & Emotional Regulation, Communication System
Koegel) and Transactional (PECS; Frost & Bondy)
Support (SCERTS)
Response Interruption & Early Start Denver Relationship Self & Match (Salter &
ReDirection (RIRD; Model Development Croce)
Ahern) Intervention (RDI)

After you make your selection, you will need to familiarize yourself with what the procedures are, how it works, and
how it is implemented. You will then need to read some literature about the intervention. In this paper you will be
summarizing four articles pertaining to your procedure. For each article you need to describe what the researchers
did, what the findings were, and how the findings were interpreted, additionally you should outline some of the
limitations of each article.

Rubric:

Procedure clearly described 1 point

Article 1. Appropriate, described clearly what was done, what the findings were, how the
5 points
findings were interpreted, and limitations.
Article 2. Appropriate, described clearly what was done, what the findings were, how the
5 points
findings were interpreted, and limitations.
Article 3. Appropriate, described clearly what was done, what the findings were, how the
5 points
findings were interpreted, and limitations.
Article 4. Appropriate, described clearly what was done, what the findings were, how the
5 points
findings were interpreted, and limitations.
Concluding Paragraph 2 points
APA Formatting 2 points
Total 25 points
 Faculty: Suzana Curcija , Uma Bucha
Program Coordinator: Jo Anne Nugent, EdD
Associate Dean: Nora Simpson; nora.simpson@humber.ca