A service learning course on the education of children with autism spectrum disorder for university undergraduates in Hong Kong

Ka Yan TSE, Grace W. CHAN

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Abstract

This chapter discusses a service learning course using combined board game activities and direct social skill teaching to enhance social and communicative skills of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Ten students with ASD/social and emotional problems (aged 6–8) were invited to participate in an 8-week after-school training programme in a Hong Kong ordinary school. Each session was divided into two parts with 30 min of direct social skills instruction conducted by a teacher, followed by 60 min of board games facilitated by undergraduate students who were attending a social service learning course in a university. Most students with ASD engaged in playing board games and could apply the social and communicative skills that they learned in the training programmes. Facilitators also reported an increase in comprehension skills of students with ASD. Copyright © 2022 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPromoting collaborative learning cultures to help teachers support students with autism spectrum disorder
EditorsFuk-chuen HO, Cici Sze-ching LAM, Michael ARTHUR-KELLY
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherSpringer
Pages119-132
ISBN (Electronic)9789811664175
ISBN (Print)9789811664168
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Citation

Tse, K.-Y., & Chan, G. W. (2022). A service learning course on the education of children with autism spectrum disorder for university undergraduates in Hong Kong. In F.-C. Ho, C. S.-C. Lam, & M. Arthur-Kelly (Eds.), Promoting collaborative learning cultures to help teachers support students with autism spectrum disorder (pp. 119-132). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6417-5_9

Keywords

  • Autism
  • Play-based learning
  • Social skills training
  • Board game

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