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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Promoting collaborative learning cultures to help teachers support students with autism spectrum disorder |
Editors | Fuk-chuen HO, Cici Sze-ching LAM, Michael ARTHUR-KELLY |
Place of Publication | Singapore |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 119-132 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811664175 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789811664168 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 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_9Keywords
- Autism
- Play-based learning
- Social skills training
- Board game