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Using Technology to Support Social Competence

Using Technology to Support Social Competence

Brenda Smith Myles, Jan Rogers, Amy Bixler Coffin, Wendy Szakacs, Theresa Earles-Vollrath
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781466683952|ISBN10: 1466683953|EISBN13: 9781466683969
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8395-2.ch016
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Myles, Brenda Smith, et al. "Using Technology to Support Social Competence." Recent Advances in Assistive Technologies to Support Children with Developmental Disorders, edited by Nava R. Silton, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 336-355. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8395-2.ch016

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Myles, B. S., Rogers, J., Coffin, A. B., Szakacs, W., & Earles-Vollrath, T. (2015). Using Technology to Support Social Competence. In N. Silton (Ed.), Recent Advances in Assistive Technologies to Support Children with Developmental Disorders (pp. 336-355). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8395-2.ch016

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Myles, Brenda Smith, et al. "Using Technology to Support Social Competence." In Recent Advances in Assistive Technologies to Support Children with Developmental Disorders, edited by Nava R. Silton, 336-355. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8395-2.ch016

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Abstract

Social competence includes a complex set of skills that impacts quality of life across all environments: home, school, employment, and the community. Elements that impact social competence, such as theory of mind, weak central coherence, regulation and relationship building, must be taught to individuals with disabilities, including those with autism spectrum disorder. Evidence-based interventions that incorporate low, medium and high technology have the potential to support skill development in social competence in a meaningful manner. This chapter reviews the concept known as social competence and offers a variety of practices to support its development.

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