TY - JOUR
T1 - School-Based Interventions for Increasing Autistic Pupils’ Social Inclusion in Mainstream Schools
T2 - A Systematic Review
AU - Tsou, Yung Ting
AU - Kovács, Lilla Veronika
AU - Louloumari, Angeliki
AU - Stockmann, Lex
AU - Blijd-Hoogewys, Els M.A.
AU - Koutamanis, Alexander
AU - Rieffe, Carolien
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/2/13
Y1 - 2024/2/13
N2 - School-based interventions for socially including autistic pupils in mainstream schools were systematically reviewed. Included interventions targeted at least one level of the school environment: the autistic children, the peers, the staff, and/or the physical environment, and assessed autistic pupils’ quantity and/or quality of social participation as outcome measures. Findings from 56 studies showed increased accessibility of school activities to autistic pupils, but the reciprocity and friendship between the autistic pupils and the peers were not necessarily improved. Moreover, limited interventions were available for modifying the physical environment. A more holistic strategy that moves the focus from individual children’s social skills to the larger context surrounding children, should be considered for a better inclusion of autistic children in school routine.
AB - School-based interventions for socially including autistic pupils in mainstream schools were systematically reviewed. Included interventions targeted at least one level of the school environment: the autistic children, the peers, the staff, and/or the physical environment, and assessed autistic pupils’ quantity and/or quality of social participation as outcome measures. Findings from 56 studies showed increased accessibility of school activities to autistic pupils, but the reciprocity and friendship between the autistic pupils and the peers were not necessarily improved. Moreover, limited interventions were available for modifying the physical environment. A more holistic strategy that moves the focus from individual children’s social skills to the larger context surrounding children, should be considered for a better inclusion of autistic children in school routine.
KW - Autism
KW - Mainstream Schools
KW - School-Based Intervention
KW - Social Inclusion
KW - Systematic Review
U2 - 10.1007/s40489-024-00429-2
DO - 10.1007/s40489-024-00429-2
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85184861039
SN - 2195-7177
JO - Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
ER -