Using Technology to Foster Social Interaction

• By: Juhi Kaboski, PhD Laboratory for Understanding Neurodevelopment, University of Notre Dame
• January 1st, 2016
• coding, peer mediation, social skills, summer camp, technology
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As parents watch today’s children play mindless and solitary video games for hours at a time, they may worry that digital devices are luring children away from social interactions with real life peers. This concern is more intense for parents of a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as...

Becoming the Techie of Tomorrow: Students with ASD Learn Technology

• By: Beth Rosenberg, MA, MSEd TechKidsUnlimited.org
• January 1st, 2016
• coding, employment, programming, students, technology
• 1134    0

There’s a lot of talk about why teaching kids technology, in particular programming, in today’s educational landscape is good for students. Nearly every other week there seems to be some major news announcement around STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), STEAM (science, technology,...